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US10119249B2	Control device for confluence flow rate of working device for construction machinery and control method therefor Disclosed are a control device for confluence flow rate of a working device and a control method therefor, the control device being capable of minutely operating a working device when a flow rate supplied to the working device is merged or blocked. Provided is a control device for confluence flow rate of a working device for construction machinery according to the present invention, the control device comprising: first and second hydraulic pumps and a pilot pump; first and second hydraulic operating levers; first and second working devices operated by operating oil supplied from the first and second hydraulic pumps; a control valve for the first working device, installed on a supply path between the first hydraulic pump and the first working device; a control valve for the second working device, installed on a supply path between the second hydraulic pump and the second working device; a confluence valve installed on the supply path upstream of the control valve for the second working device; a first proportional control valve installed in a pilot line between the pilot pump and the confluence valve; and a controller for calculating, as electrical signals, pilot pressures applied to the control valves for first and second working devices in proportion to the operation amount of the first and second hydraulic operating levers and thus applying the operated electrical signal to the first proportional control valve.
US10119240B2	Test system and test method for detecting cement content of cement mixing pile body in real time The present invention discloses a test system and a test method for detecting the cement content of cement stirring pile body in real time at a construction site. The test system specifically includes a cement slurry density measuring apparatus and a cement admixing amount calculating apparatus. The method includes measuring the density of the cement slurry in the cement slurry tank, measuring the cement soil density and inputting measured values to calculate the cement content. The cement slurry density and the cement soil density can be detected in real time, so that the admixing amount of the cement can be detected in real time during the foundation reinforcing process of the underground engineering, convenience and rapidness are achieved, the time period is short, a supervision effect is good, and cheating on workmanship and materials can be effectively avoided.
US10119238B2	Reinforced syntactic structure Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to reinforced syntactic structures and methods of forming the same to encase an underlying structural substrate for remediation and/or improve structural stability. The reinforced syntactic structure includes an underlying structural substrate having an outer surface and at least one reinforcement shell. The reinforcement shell is formed from at least one syntactic foam shell layer encasing at least a portion of the outer surface of the underlying structural substrate and at least one rigid noncorrosive stiffening skin coupled to the syntactic foam shell layer. The syntactic foam shell layer includes at least two opposing subshells wrapped around the underlying structural substrate and the rigid noncorrosive stiffening skin includes at least two opposing skin sections attached to the at least two opposing subshells respectively. The syntactic foam shell layer is formed from syntactic foam which includes hollow microspheres disposed within a resin matrix.
US10119236B2	Compaction grouting system construction method capable of seismic reinforcement and quality control A compaction grouting system (“C.G.S”) construction method capable of seismic retrofit and quality control is provided. An injection pipe is inserted in the ground to an insertion depth and is provided for injecting a grout into the ground at the insertion depth. The grout is injected in predetermined quantities per unit time under an injection pressure that is a predetermined static pressure. A discharge pressure of the grout being injected is measured. At least one or more, among the injection pressure at which the grout is being injected and the unit time per which predetermined quantities of the grout are injected, is adjusted, according to the change in the measurement value of the discharge pressure. The insertion depth at which the injection pipe is inserted in the ground is changed after the injection of the grout is completed.
US10119232B2	Illuminated shovel assembly An illuminated shovel assembly including: an elongated shaft, wherein the elongated shaft includes a length, a first proximal end, and a second distal end; a handle sub-assembly, wherein the handle sub-assembly is secured to or forms part of the first proximal end of the elongated shaft; a blade implement, wherein the blade implement is secured to or forms part of the second distal end of the elongated shaft; and a light sub-assembly, wherein the light sub-assembly includes an energy source, a switch, and one or more light sources.
US10119229B1	Work platform rail system A system and apparatus for constructing a work platform under a bridge deck that has a decking segment that moves under the bridge deck from one end to the other as work progresses, eliminating the need for constructing decking under the entire length of the bridge deck. The decking segment hangs from a plurality of trolleys that move along a plurality of rails beneath the bridge deck, the trolleys moving the decking segment from one end of the bridge deck to another. The trolley has at least one main wheel that runs on the tubular rail top and a plurality of side wheels that maintain the trolley on the tubular rail, the trolley smoothly moving along the tubular rail.
US10119221B2	Clothes treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same A clothes treatment apparatus includes a case that defines a treatment chamber that is configured to receive clothes. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a steam unit that is configured to supply steam to the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a blower unit that is configured to draw air from the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes an inlet temperature sensor that is configured to measure an inlet temperature of air drawn by the blower unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a heat pump unit that is configured to heat air drawn by the blower unit and that is configured to supply heated air to the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a control unit that is configured to control the steam unit, the blower unit, and the heat pump unit.
US10119217B2	Laundry washing machine including a detergent drawer with a push member A laundry washing machine (1) includes an outer casing (2) and an appliance control panel (6) located on a front wall (3) of the casing (2). The appliance control panel (6) is arranged on a front side of a drawer-like supporting structure (13) which is inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding drawer housing (14). The drawer-like supporting structure (13) is movable inside the drawer housing (14) between a retracted position and a completely extracted position. The laundry washing machine (1) furthermore includes: a push member (18, 33) which is able to elastically push the drawerlike supporting structure (13) away from the retracted position and towards the completely extracted position; a locking mechanism (19) for automatically holding the drawer-like supporting structure (13) in the retracted position and to prevent the push member (18, 33) from pushing the drawer-like supporting structure (13) away from the retracted position; and a manually operated command device (20) for forcing the locking mechanism (19) to release the drawerlike supporting structure (13), thus allowing the push member (18, 33) to push the drawer-like supporting structure (13) away from the retracted position.
US10119212B2	Apparatus and methods for impinging fluids on substrates Herein are disclosed apparatus and methods for impinging fluids, e.g. heated fluids, onto the surface of substrates and then locally removing the impinged fluid. The apparatus may comprise at least first and second fluid delivery outlets that are in diverging relation to each other. The apparatus may comprise at least first and second fluid capture inlets that are locally positioned relative to the first and second fluid delivery outlets, respectively. The apparatus and method may be used e.g. to impinge fluids onto two converging substrates and may be used to heat the surfaces of the substrates so as to facilitate melt-bonding the substrates to each other.
US10119200B2	Silicon carbide single crystal substrate and process for producing same Provided are: a silicon carbide single crystal substrate which is cut out from a silicon carbide bulk single crystal grown by the Physical Vapor Transport method; and a process for producing the same. The number of screw dislocations in one of the semicircle areas of the substrate is smaller than that in the other thereof, namely, the number of screw dislocations in a given area of the substrate is reduced. The semicircle areas of the substrate correspond respectively to the halves of the substrate. The present invention pertains to: a silicon carbide single crystal substrate which is cut out from a silicon carbide bulk single crystal grown by the Physical Vapor Transport method and which is characterized in that the average value of the screw-dislocation densities observed at multiple measurement points in one of the semicircle areas, which correspond respectively to the halves of the substrate, is 80% or less of the average value of screw-dislocation densities observed at multiple measurement points in the other of the semicircle areas; and a process for producing the same.
US10119199B2	Method for producing SiC single crystal A production method according an embodiment of the present invention is to produce a SiC single crystal by a solution growth technique, and includes a formation step and a growth step. In the formation step, material of Si—C solution contained in a crucible is melted, and a Si—C solution is formed. In the growth step, a SiC seed crystal attached to a bottom end of a seed shaft is brought into contact with the Si—C solution, and a SiC single crystal is grown on a crystal growth surface of the SiC seed crystal. In the growth step, while a temperature of the Si—C solution is being raised, the SiC single crystal is grown. The SiC single crystal production method according to the embodiment facilitates production of a SiC single crystal of a desired polytype.
US10119196B2	Electrochemical production of synthesis gas from carbon dioxide A method for electrochemical production of synthesis gas from carbon dioxide is disclosed. The method generally includes steps (A) to (C). Step (A) may bubble the carbon dioxide into a solution of an electrolyte and a catalyst in a divided electrochemical cell. The divided electrochemical cell may include an anode in a first cell compartment and a cathode in a second cell compartment. The cathode generally reduces the carbon dioxide into a plurality of components. Step (B) may establish a molar ratio of the components in the synthesis gas by adjusting at least one of (i) a cathode material and (ii) a surface morphology of the cathode. Step (C) may separate the synthesis gas from the solution.
US10119193B2	Method of manufacturing an epitaxial wafer comprising measuring a level difference between a front surface of a susceptor and an upper surface of a lift pin and adjusting a ratio of the heat source output Provided is a method of manufacturing an epitaxial wafer, which includes vapor-phase growing an epitaxial layer on a substrate W placed on a susceptor 3 in a state where an upper surface 4b1 of a lift pin 4 inserted in a through-hole H of the susceptor 3 retracts or projects with respect to an upper opening H1a of the through-hole H. A level difference D from the upper surface 4b1 of the lift pin 4 to the opening H1a of the through-hole H is measured with laser light, and outputs, during epitaxial growth, of heaters 9 located above and beneath the susceptor 3 are adjusted on the basis of the measured level difference D. Thus, a method of manufacturing an epitaxial wafer, which facilitates adjustment of the outputs of the heat sources during epitaxial growth, is provided.
US10119180B2	Titanium-based intermetallic alloy A titanium-based intermetallic alloy includes, in atomic percent, 16% to 26% Al, 18% to 28% Nb, 0% to 3% of a metal M selected from Mo, W, Hf, and V, 0.1% to 2% of Si, 0% to 2% of Ta, 1% to 4% of Zr, with the condition Fe+Ni≤400 ppm, the balance being Ti, the alloy also presenting an Al/Nb ratio in atomic percent lying in the range 1.05 to 1.15.
US10119177B2	Precious metal alloy for use in the jewelry and watch industry A precious metal alloy includes palladium and rhodium for manufacturing jewelry pieces like jewelry, jewelry articles, bijouterie, watches and watch cases and/or writing utensils and/or a component thereof. The precious metal alloy used includes palladium in an amount of 40-60% by weight and rhodium in an amount of 40-60% by weight, and that the precious metal alloy used may include gold, platinum, ruthenium and/or iridium in an amount of between greater than 0 and 10% by weight, or alternatively in an amount of between 2% by weight and 5% by weight, or alternatively in an amount of 3% by weight. The corresponding amount of rhodium and/or palladium is then replaced by the aforementioned secondary alloy components, wherein the amounts of rhodium and palladium as well as of the provided aforementioned secondary alloy components complement substantially to 100% by weight.
US10119170B2	Detection of chromosomal region copy number changes to diagnose melanoma This invention provides methods of detecting melanoma. The methods comprises detecting a gain or loss of certain chromosomal regions that undergo copy number changes in melanoma.
US10119165B2	Nucleic acid constructs and methods of use The present invention provides oligonucleotide constructs, sets of such oligonucleotide constructs, and methods of using such oligonucleotide constructs to provide validated sequences or sets of validated sequences corresponding to desired ROIs. Such validated ROIs and constructs containing these have a wide variety of uses, including in synthetic biology, quantitative nucleic acid analysis, polymorphism and/or mutation screening, and the like.
US10119161B2	Methods and kits for joining fragmented nucleic acids together Methods and kits for joining fragmented nucleic acid sequences together are provided, including performing an amplifying step including contacting a sample suspected of including a fragmented target nucleic acid with a pair of external primers and a pair of self-complementary internal primers, and generating a full length target nucleic acid. The methods can include performing an amplifying step, a hybridizing step, and a detecting step. Furthermore, kits are provided that are designed for the detection of a target nucleic acid sequence.
US10119160B2	Methods of identifying homologous genes using FISH The present invention relates to methods of hybridizing nucleic acid probes to genomic DNA.
US10119157B2	Systems and methods for producing a sugar stream An improved dry grind system and method for producing a sugar stream from grains or similar carbohydrate sources and/or residues, such as for biofuel production. In particular, a sugar/carbohydrate stream, which includes a desired Dextrose Equivalent (DE) where DE describes the degree of conversion of starch to dextrose (aka glucose) and/or has had removed therefrom an undesirable amount of unfermentable components, can be produced after saccharification and prior to fermentation (or other sugar conversion process), with such sugar stream being available for biofuel production, e.g., alcohol production, or other processes. In addition, the systems and methods also can involve the removal of certain grain components, e.g., corn kernel components, including protein, oil and/or fiber, prior to fermentation or other conversion systems. In other words, sugar stream production and/or grain component separation occurs on the front end of the system and method.
US10119156B2	Glucose production method and glucose produced by said method A glucose production method is characterized in that a cellulose raw material is decomposed using a mixture of a cellulolytic enzyme, and saliva or an activating auxiliary agent derived from biological saliva. The method achieves excellent glucose yield.
US10119152B2	Fermentation process for producing chemicals The invention refers to a method of biotransforming a carbohydrate of a raw material into a chemical, by cultivating Lactobacillus diolivorans in the presence of the raw material to produce a chemical substance, and isolating the chemical substance in the purified form, and the use of L. diolivorans in one of a series of biotransformation methods, wherein carbohydrates from at least two different carbohydrate sources of low purity are transformed into chemicals.
US10119137B2	Methods used to treat cancer The invention encompasses methods used in the sensitization and treatment of cancer based upon the expression of SGEF.
US10119136B2	RNAi agents modified at the 4′-C position One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNAi (dsRNA) duplex agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene in vivo. The dsRNA duplex comprises one or more 4′-modifications in one or both strand. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for in vivo therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
US10119125B2	Methods of predicting ancestral virus sequences and uses thereof Methods are described for predicting ancestral sequences for viruses or portions thereof. Also described are predicted ancestral sequences for adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid polypeptides. The disclosure also provides methods of gene transfer and methods of vaccinating subjects by administering a target antigen operably linked to the AAV capsid polypeptides.
US10119123B2	Cell fate conversion of differentiated somatic cells into glial cells The present invention relates to the reprogramming of differentiated somatic cells, such as those differentiated cells that arise from embryonic mesoderm, into glial cells. Glial cells produced from this reprogramming are functionally equivalent to glial cells that arise from ectodermal origins.
US10119122B2	Differentiation and expansion of endothelial cells from pluripotent stem cells and the in vitro formation of vasculature like structures The disclosure is concerned among others with means and methods for obtaining endothelial cells and to means and methods for in vitro cell culture comprising endothelial cells and pericytes and/or smooth muscle cells derived from the pericytes. The endothelial cells or the pericytes and/or smooth muscle cells, or both, are preferably derived from in vitro differentiated pluripotent stem cells.
US10119121B2	Ex vivo proliferation of epithelial cells The technology relates in part to methods and compositions for ex vivo proliferation and expansion of epithelial cells.
US10119113B2	Systems for isolating and using clinically safe adipose derived regenerative cells Systems and methods are described that are used to separate cells from a wide variety of tissues. In particular, automated systems and methods are described that separate regenerative cells, e.g., stem and/or progenitor cells, from adipose tissue. The systems and methods described herein provide rapid and reliable methods of separating and concentrating regenerative cells suitable for re-infusion into a subject.
US10119101B2	Method of minimizing enzyme based aerosol mist using a pressure spray system Disclosed herein are methods for improving safety and delivery of commercial application of cleaning compositions that include enzymes and other protein irritants. The methods reduce the mist and aerosolization of proteins so that inhalation and exposure to the same are reduced. According to the invention, when commercial pressurized sprayers are used to apply protein containing use cleaning compositions of up to 5 ppm protein, aerosolization is decreased to below 60 ng active protein per meter cubed. Applicants have also identified a specific metering tip/nozzle, dispense rate, and low pressure application of not more than 100 psi are critical to achieving the benefits of the invention.
US10119100B2	Laundry detergent compositions A laundry detergent composition including an alkyl isethionate and a de-foaming agent.
US10119083B2	Method for converting a high-boiling hydrocarbon feedstock into lighter boiling hydrocarbon products A process for converting high boiling hydrocarbon feedstock into lighter boiling hydrocarbon products in which the lighter boiling hydrocarbon products are suitable feedstock for petrochemical processes.
US10119081B2	Supercritical reactor systems and processes for petroleum upgrading Supercritical upgrading reactors and reactor systems for upgrading a petroleum-based compositions comprising one or more catalyst layers and, in some embodiments, one or more purging fluid inlets, where one or more catalyst layers at least partially sift and convert heavy hydrocarbon fractions to light hydrocarbon fractions to produce an upgraded supercritical reactor product. In some embodiments, upgrading reactor systems comprise one or more supercritical upgrading reactors and one or more supercritical standby reactors alternating functions such that a supercritical upgrading reactor is converted to a supercritical standby reactor and the supercritical standby reactor is converted to a supercritical upgrading reactor, where the supercritical upgrading reactor upgrades a combined feed stream while a supercritical standby reactor delivers a cleaning fluid into the supercritical standby reactor.
US10119077B2	Pyroligneous acid production methods, products, and systems Tools and techniques for pyroligneous acid production are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, a method of pyroligneous acid production is provided. The method may include: introducing a compound that includes at least carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen into a reaction chamber; heating the compound to a temperature of at least 700 degrees Celsius in the reaction chamber such that the compound reacts through a pyrolysis reaction to produce a liquid, where the liquid may include pyroligneous acid; and/or collecting the produced liquid. In some cases, the residence time of the compound may be less than 1,000 seconds. Temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius may be utilized in some cases. The produced liquid may be separated into an oil component and a water component that includes the pyroligneous acid. A lighter fraction may be distilled from the water component, where the lighter component includes the pyroligneous acid.
US10119073B2	Method of processing quantum dot inks A method of storing and transporting quantum dot formulations is provided. The method includes storing and/or transporting the quantum dot formulation under an oxygen-containing atmosphere. A sparged and degassed quantum dot formulation is also described.
US10119066B1	Glutamic diacetic acid-containing aqueous fluid composition A fracturing fluid composition that includes a chelating agent, e.g. GLDA, and a polymeric additive comprising a copolymer of acrylamido-tert-butyl sulfonate and hydrolyzed polyacrylamide diluted in an aqueous base fluid, e.g. seawater, and a method of fracking a geological formation using the fracturing fluid composition. Various embodiments of the fracturing fluid composition and the method of fracking are also provided.
US10119064B2	Thermally unstable ammonium carboxylates for enhanced oil recovery A process comprising the steps of: (a) injecting a steam composition into a subterranean location containing heavy hydrocarbons, preferably bitumen, wherein the steam composition comprises (i) steam and (ii) an ammonium carboxylate and (b) recovering the heavy hydrocarbon from the subterranean location to above the ground. The process is preferably a cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) process, a steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), or a combination thereof.
US10119062B2	Invert emulsion treatment fluids comprising polar organic compounds and methods of use in subterranean operations Certain invert emulsion treatment fluids and methods for use in subterranean formations Certain of those methods herein include: providing an invert emulsion treatment fluid that comprises an oleaginous external phase, and an internal phase that comprises one or more alcohols and one or more polar organic compounds that are soluble in the internal phase; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
US10119041B2	UV curable inkjet inks An inkjet printing method includes the steps of: a) jetting on a substrate one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks including at least one photoinitiator and capsules composed of a cross-linked polymeric shell surrounding a core, with the core containing UV curable compounds; and b) applying UV radiation to the one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks jetted on the substrate.
US10119015B2	Moisture-curable polymeric compositions having halogenated polymers and metal mercaptides A moisture-curable polymeric composition comprising a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups, a halogenated polymer, and a metal mercaptide. Such moisture-curable polymeric compositions, and crosslinked compositions prepared therefrom, can be used in the production of various articles of manufacture, such as coated conductors.
US10119008B2	Golf balls incorporating HNP ionomers based on highly diverse mixtures of organic acids Golf ball incorporating an HNP composition consisting of a mixture of: at least one ethylene acid copolymer; sufficient amount of cation source to neutralize greater than about 100% of all acid groups present; and a highly diverse mixture of at least four organic acids having different characteristics such as relating to: carbon chain lengths, number of double bonds on carbon chains, positioning of double bonds on carbon chains, number of branches, types of branches, positioning of branches on carbon chains, positioning of acid groups on carbon chains, configurations (cis/trans), functional groups on carbon chains, being saturated/unsaturated, being conjugated/non-conjugated; presence/absence of functional group(s) on carbon chain; being aliphatic/aromatic, or combinations thereof. No organic acid is present in highly diverse mixture in a concentration greater than 80%, or, in some embodiments, greater than 60%, or greater than 40%. HNP composition may be relatively soft/relatively low modulus, relatively hard/relatively high modulus, or blends thereof.
US10119006B2	Integrated process for treating recycled streams of PET and PTT A process for producing a polyester polyol comprising reacting a recycle stream selected from recycled PET carpet, carpet fiber, containers, textiles, articles or mixtures thereof, with a glycol in a reactor, thereby forming a digested product stream comprising polyols, and an undigested stream; and then reacting the digested product stream with a hydrophobe selected from dimer fatty acids, trimer fatty acids, oleic acid, ricinoleic acid, tung oil, corn oil, canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, bacterial oil, yeast oil, algae oil, castor oil, triglycerides or alkyl carboxylate esters having saturated or unsaturated C6-C36 fatty acid units, saturated or unsaturated C6-C36 fatty acids, alkoxylated castor oil, saturated or unsaturated C9-C18 dicarboxylic acids or diols, cardanol-based products, recycled cooking oil, branched or linear C6-C36 fatty alcohols, hydroxy-functional materials derived from epoxidized, ozonized, or hydroformylated fatty esters or acids, or mixtures thereof.
US10118995B2	Organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer, process for producing same, film of organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer, organic/multimetallic hybrid polymer, process for producing same, and film of organic/multimetallic hybrid polymer The present invention relates to an organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer including a plurality of organometal complexes and a plurality of transition metals, the organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer, wherein the plurality of organometal complexes are linked in a linear manner by sandwiching each of the plurality of transition metals therebetween, the organometal complexes include two ligands each having a terpyridyl group and one connector having Ru(dppe)2 and two ethynylene groups, and the two ligands are linked by the connector, so that a nitrogen atom at position 1′ of the terpyridyl group is directed toward the terminal side of the molecule of the organometal complex, and the terpyridyl groups of at least two different organometal complexes of the plurality of organometal complexes are bound to one of the transition metals through a coordinate bond, thereby linking the plurality of organometal complexes while sandwiching the plurality of transition metals alternately therebetween.
US10118990B2	Flame-resistant polyamide, method for the production of said flame-resistant polyamide, and use of said flame-resistant polyamide The invention relates to a flame-resistant polyamide as a product of the condensation of dicarboxylic acids with diamines and with a flame-retardant phosphorus compound, which flame-resistant polyamide is characterized in that the flame-resistant polyamide FR contains, in the main chain thereof phosphinic acid amide structural units of formula (II) —PO(R1)—NH— (II) in addition to the amide structural units of formula (I) CO—NH— (I), in which formula (II) RI means hydrogen or an organic group and can differ in the individual phosphinic acid amide structural units within the main chain and that the polyamide FR achieves a relative viscosity, measured as a 1% solution in 96% sulfuric acid at 25° C., of at least 2.0 (in accordance with DIN 51562). The invention further relates to a method for producing said flame-resistant polyamide FR. In said method, one or more diamines are polycondensed with one or more dicarboxylic acids under pressure and at elevated temperature in the presence of water and with one or more diphosphinic acids and/or one or more phosphino-carboxylic acids by means of a polyamide synthesis. After the polycondensation, the pressure in the reaction chamber is reduced to less than 1 bar. The flame-resistant polyamide can be advantageously used to produce molded bodies, in particular films, components, and filaments or filament yarns.
US10118988B2	Synthetic resin laminated sheet A synthetic resin laminated sheet, in which whitening, cracking, and foaming do not occur when thermoforming is carried out, in particular when deep-draw molding is carried out, and defects do not occur during lamination of a hard coating layer; and a molded article obtained by molding the laminated sheet. A synthetic resin laminated sheet has a coating layer, which includes an acrylic resin, laminated on one surface of a substrate layer including a polycarbonate resin in which a monohydric phenol represented by general formula (1) is used as a chain terminator and is obtained by reacting the monohydric phenol with a dihydric phenol and a carbonate binding agent and has a viscosity average molecular weight of 18000-35000. (In the formula, R1 represents a C8-36 alkyl group or a C8-36 alkenyl group. R2-R5 each represent hydrogen, halogen, or an optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl group or C6-12 aryl group).
US10118981B2	Lactamic polymer containing an acetoacetate moiety The invention provides lactamic polymers comprising an acetoacetate moiety. The lactamic polymers may be readily functionalized and the functionalized lactamic polymers may be further derivatized to provide a wide variety of useful polymers having desirable chemical and physical properties. The lactamic polymers of the invention may be employed in a wide variety of compositions. (A); (B) wherein R1-R6, w, x, y, z, and n are described herein.
US10118978B2	Vinyl alcohol polymer and production method thereof, additive for drilling mud, drilling mud, additive for drilling cement slurry, and drilling cement slurry Provided by the present invention is a vinyl alcohol polymer crosslinked by a structure represented by the following formula (1) and/or a disulfide structure, in which the vinyl alcohol polymer is not completely dissolved in a mixture prepared by: adding the vinyl alcohol polymer to water so as to give a concentration of 4% by mass; and stirring at 95° C. for 3 hrs. in the formula (1), R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 8 or less carbon atoms. Also provided include an additive for a drilling mud containing the vinyl alcohol polymer, a drilling mud containing the vinyl alcohol polymer as an additive, an additive for a drilling cement slurry containing the vinyl alcohol polymer, and a drilling cement slurry containing the vinyl alcohol polymer as an additive.
US10118975B2	Bicyclic bridged metallocene compounds and polymers produced therefrom Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions containing bicyclic bridged metallocene compounds. These catalyst compositions can be used for the polymerization of olefins. For example, ethylene polymers produced using these catalyst compositions can be characterized by low molecular weights and high melt flow rates, and can be produced without the addition of hydrogen.
US10118969B2	Compositions and methods relating to universal glycoforms for enhanced antibody efficacy The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of use comprising antibodies or binding fragments thereof further comprising universal Fc glycoforms.
US10118962B2	Methods for purification of single domain antigen binding molecules Processes and methods of purifying or separating Single Domain Antigen Binding (SDAB) molecules that include one or more single binding domains (e.g., one or more nanobody molecules), substantially devoid of a complementary antibody domain and an immunoglobulin constant region, using Protein A-based affinity chromatography, are disclosed.
US10118956B2	Fusion partners for peptide production The present invention relates to the field of medicine, in particular, to the production of large amounts of a soluble recombinant polypeptide as part of a fusion protein comprising an N-terminal fusion partner linked to the polypeptide of interest.
US10118952B2	Proteins specific for pyoverdine and pyochelin The present disclosure provides hNGAL muteins that bind a pyoverdine family member or pyochelin and can be used in various application including pharmaceutical applications, for example, to inhibit or reduce growth of P. aeruginosa. The present disclosure also concerns methods of making one or more pyoverdine- or pyochelin-binding muteins described herein as well as compositions comprising one or more of such muteins. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such muteins and to methods for generation of such muteins and nucleic acid molecules. In addition, the application discloses therapeutic and/or diagnostic uses of these muteins as well as compositions comprising one or more of such muteins.
US10118947B2	Modulation of structured polypeptide specificity The invention describes peptide ligands specific for human plasma Kallikrein.
US10118944B2	Cell penetrating peptides for intracellular delivery of molecules A cell-penetrating peptide characterized in that it comprises an amino acid sequence consisting of a beta-alanine or a serine in N-terminal position, linked to a sequence consisting of 9 consecutive amino acids from the sequence RXWXRLWXRLR (SEQ ID NO:7), wherein X in position 2 is R or S and X in positions 4 and 8 are, independently from each other, W or F.
US10118941B2	Methods for the preparation of diastereomerically pure phosphoramidate prodrugs Methods for the preparation of diastereomerically pure phosphoramidate prodrugs of nucleosides, and intermediates useful for the preparation are provided. The nucleosides are useful for the treatment of hepatitis C and cancer.
US10118938B2	Arsenoplatin anti-cancer agents Disclosed herein are methods of treating a cancer cell that include contacting a cancer cell with a compound having the structure of formula (I) M is Pt, Pd or Ni; Q is As, Sb or Bi; Z1 is N; Z2 is O or S; L1 and L2 are independently C(O), C—R1 or C—R2; X is a Lewis base; Y1 and Y2 are independently selected from —OR3, —OR4, —SR3 and —SR4, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, cyano, keto, ester, ether, thiol, thioether, thioester, imino, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyl, amino, amidyl, immino, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphoryl ester, glycosyl, aryl, C3-C15 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and C3-C15 heterocycloalkyl; and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyl, amino, amidyl, immino, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphoryl ester, glycosyl, aryl, C3-C15 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and C3-C15 heterocycloalkyl.
US10118933B2	Androgen receptor modulating compounds The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also relates to compositions and methods of treating comprising compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US10118930B2	Piperidinylpyrazolopyrimidinones and their use The present application relates to novel substituted piperidinylpyrazolopyrimidinones, to processes for their preparation, the compounds for use alone or in combinations in a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of acute and recurrent bleeding in patients with or without underlying hereditary or acquired hemostatic disorders, wherein the bleeding is associated with a disease or medical intervention selected from the group consisting of heavy menstrual bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage, hemorrhagic shock, hemorrhagic cystitis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, trauma, surgery, transplantation, stroke, liver diseases, hereditary angioedema, nosebleed, and synovitis and cartilage damage following hemarthrosis.
US10118927B2	Substituted piperidin-4-amino-type compounds and uses thereof The disclosure relates to Substituted Piperidin-4-amino-Type Compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, Q1, Q2, E1, E2, A, B, D, W, Z, a, b, n, and x are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Substituted Piperidin-4-amino-Type Compound, and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such as pain, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Substituted Piperidin-4-amino-Type Compound.
US10118922B2	GPR120 agonists for the treatment of type II diabetes Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating of disorders that are affected by the modulation of the GPR120 receptor. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) and Formula (II) as follows: wherein Y, R1, G, and Q are defined herein; and wherein R11, R21, R41, RB1 and G1, are defined herein.
US10118920B2	Isoxazolyl substituted benzimidazoles A compound which is a benzimidazolyl isoxazole of formula (I): wherein: R0 and R, which are the same or different, are each H or C1-6 alkyl; R9, R9 and R9, which are the same or different, are each H or F; X is -(alkn-, -alk-C(═O)—NR—, -alk-NR—C(═O)— or -alk-C(═O)—; R1 is selected from —S(═O)2R′; a 4- to 6-membered, C-linked heterocyclic group which is unsubstituted or substituted; and an N-linked spiro group of the following formula: R2 and R2′, which are the same or different, are each H or C1-6 alkyl, or R2 and R2′ form, together with the C atom to which they are attached, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group; R3 and R3, which are the same or different, are each H, C1-6 alkyl, OH or F; R4 is phenyl or a 5- to 12-membered, N-containing heteroaryl group and is unsubstituted or substituted; alk is C1-6 alkylene; R′ is C1-6 alkyl; and n is 0 or 1; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound has activity in modulating the activity of p300 and/or CBP and is used to treat cancer, particularly prostate cancer.
US10118919B2	3-substituted cyclopentylamine derivatives Compounds of the formula I in which R, W, R1, R4, X1, X2, X3, X4 and q have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of fatty acid synthase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation.
US10118917B2	Pyridazinone herbicides Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein X is O, S or NR5; or X is —C(R6)═C(R7)—, wherein the carbon atom bonded to R6 is also bonded to the carbon atom bonded to R4, and the carbon atom bonded to R7 is also bonded to the phenyl ring moiety in Formula 1; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, G and W are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US10118915B2	Kappa opioid ligands The invention provides novel ligands of Kappa (κ) opioid receptors, such as can be used to modulate a Kappa opioid receptor. Methods of synthesis and methods of use are also provided. Compounds of the invention can be used therapeutically in the treatment of dissociative disorders or pain, or to provide neuroprotection, or to induce diuresis, or to modulate the immune system, or for treatment of one or more of an affective disorders comprising depression or stress/anxiety; an addictive disorder; alcoholism, epilepsy; a cognition deficiency; schizophrenia; Alzheimer's disease; or pain.
US10118911B2	P-toluenesulfonate for MEK kinase inhibitor, and crystal form thereof and preparation method therefor Disclosed are a p-toluenesulfonate of a MEK kinase inhibitor, and a crystal form thereof and a preparation method thereof. Specifically disclosed are a 2-((2-fluorine-4-iodophenyl)amino)-1-methyl-4-((6-methylpyridine-3-group)oxygroup)-6-carbonyl-1,6-dihydropyridine-3-formamide p-toluenesulfonate (a compound represented by formula (I)), a crystal form I, and a preparation method thereof. The obtained crystal form I of the compound of formula (I) has good crystal form stability and chemical stability, and the crystallization solvent used has low toxicity and low residue, and is more suitable for use in clinical treatment.
US10118909B2	Monascuspurpurones, preparation and uses thereof The present invention relates to a monascuspurpurone compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof as described in the specification, the process for preparation of the same, and the composition comprising the same. The uses of a monascuspurpurone compound for promoting adipocyte differentiation, for increasing the activity of PPARγ and/or C/EBPα, for lowering blood glucose, for preventing and/or treating a disease or disorder related to insulin resistance, and for preventing and/or treating metabolic syndrome or its complications are also provided.
US10118903B2	Aminotriazole-based KDM1A inhibitors as epigenetic modulators In some aspects, the present invention provides compounds of the formula (IV), wherein the variables are as defined herein, which may be used as inhibitors of histone demethylase or spermine oxidase. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds and methods using the compounds in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
US10118895B2	ROR gamma (RORγ) modulators Novel compounds according to Formula I Meta or para or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein: A11-A14 are N or CR11, CR12, CR13, CR14, respectively, with the proviso that no more than two of the four positions A in A11-A14 can be simultaneously N; A6, A7, A8, A9, A10 are N or CR6, CR7, CR8, CR9, CR10, respectively, with the proviso that at least one but no more than two of the five positions A in A6, A7, A8, A9, A10 is N; R1 is C(2-6)alkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkylC(1-3)alkyl, (di)C(3-6)cycloalkylamino or (di)(C(3-6)cycloalkylC(1-3)alkyl)amino; R5 is H, hydroxyethyl, methoxyethyl, C(1-6)alkyl, C(6-10)aryl, C(6-10)arylC(1-3)alkyl, C(1-9)heteroaryl, C(1-9)heteroarylC(1-3)alkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkylC(1-3)alkyl, C(2-5)heterocycloalkyl or C(2-5)heterocycloalkylC(1-3)alkyl; the sulfonyl group with R1 is represented by one of R7, R8 or R9; R15 is H, C(1-6)alkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkylC(1-3)alkyl, C(6-10)aryl, C(6-10)arylC(1-3)alkyl, C(1-9)heteroaryl, C(1-9)heteroarylC(1-3)alkyl, C(2-5)heterocycloalkyl or C(2-5)heterocycloalkyl-C(1-3)alkyl; and R16 is C(1-6)alkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkylC(1-3)alkyl, C(6-10)aryl, C(6-10)arylC(1-3)alkyl, C(1-9)heteroaryl, C(1-9)heteroarylC(1-3)alkyl, C(2-5)heterocycloalkyl or C(2-5)heterocycloalkyl-C(1-3)alkyl.
US10118894B2	Isoindolinone derivatives useful as antiviral agents Compounds of Formula I are disclosed and methods of treating viral infections with compositions comprising such compounds.
US10118866B2	Foliar fertilizer Nanocrystalline compounds containing essential nutrients have been synthesized to have effective physical and chemical characteristics, including a high contact surface area/total surface area ratio that provides maximal leaf surface contact, limited mobility and improved solubility, a net positive charge, soluble salt-forming groups, and reactive surface edges for cation exchange to release nutrient cationic ions into the water film on leaf surfaces.
US10118858B2	Strengthened glass with deep depth of compression The strengthened glass has a 60% survival rate when dropped from a height of 80 cm in an inverted ball test and a peak load at failure of at least 10 kgf as determined by abraded ring-on-ring testing.
US10118855B2	Method of forming a web from fibrous material Fibrous material webs and methods of making the fibrous material webs. Binderless webs can be formed in a continuous process where fiber material, such as glass is melted and formed into fibers. The fibers are formed into a web of binderless glass fibers or a web with a dry binder. The binderless web or the web with dry binder can be layered and/or the fibers that make up the web can be mechanically entangled, for example, by needling.
US10118849B2	Method and kit for treating recreational water Provided herein is a method for reducing down-time in a recreational body of water having a water filtering system and water recirculation system after a potential release of Cryptospridium oocyst and/or Giardia cysts. Also described is a kit for practicing the method for reducing down-time in a recreational body of water that may have a potential release of Cryptospridium oocyst and/or Giardia cysts.
US10118848B2	Inhibition of silica scale using amine-terminated polyoxyalkylene A method for inhibiting silica scale formation in an aqueous system by adding an amine-terminated polyoxyalkylene anti-scalant to the water used in the aqueous system.
US10118843B2	Process for capture of carbon dioxide and desalination The present invention relates to a process for reducing in a gas stream the concentration of carbon dioxide and for reducing in an aqueous stream the concentration of sodium chloride, which process comprises contacting a feed gas comprising greater than or equal to 0.1% by volume carbon dioxide with an aqueous feed comprising: (a) sodium chloride; and (b) calcium oxide and/or calcium hydroxide at a total concentration of greater than or equal to 0.5% by weight, wherein the pH of the aqueous feed is greater than or equal to 10.0. A product aqueous stream obtained from the process of the invention is also described.
US10118837B2	Method and equipment for the treatment of water contaminated by thermal oil and collection of said oil The invention relates to a method for the treatment of water contaminated by thermal oil and collection of said oil (for example, a eutectic mixture of biphenyl and diphenyl oxide), formed by a cooling phase (2) for cooling (to a temperature between the freezing point of the thermal oil and that of water) the mixture (1) of water and thermal oil, followed by the collection (3) of the part (4) of frozen thermal oil (precipitated or in suspension) by means of mechanical filtering. The remainder of contaminated water is treated in absorption filters and in activated carbon adsorption filters. The equipment required to implement this method comprises a cooling unit, a unit for the separation of phases by means of mechanical filtering for the collection (3) of the frozen thermal oil part (4), a unit (6) of absorption filters and a unit (7) of adsorption filters (activated carbon unit).
US10118836B2	Apparatus, use of apparatus and process for desalination of water A process for desalinating water is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of passing a feed stream of saline solution 2′ in a first desalination step through a reverse osmosis membrane desalination plant 3′ comprising at least one reverse osmosis desalination unit 4′ to form a first product water stream 5′ having a reduced salt concentration relative to that of the feed stream of saline solution 2′ and a first byproduct stream 6′ having an increased salt concentration relative to that of the feed stream of saline solution 2′ characterized in that the first byproduct stream 6′ is passed in a second desalination step through a falling film crystallization unit 7 to form a second product water stream 8 having a reduced salt concentration relative to that of the first byproduct stream 6′ and a second byproduct stream 9 having an increased salt concentration relative to that of the first byproduct stream 6′. The invention further relates to an apparatus 1 for carrying out said process. The present invention further relates also to the use of the process or apparatus 1 for the reduction of the volume of the first byproduct stream 6′ of a reverse osmosis membrane desalination plant 3′, preferably an in-land desalination plant 3′, or in a device or plant or process for producing desalinated water, for salt production, for co-production of power and desalinated water, or for air conditioning.
US10118827B2	Combustion synthesis of calcium phosphate constructs and powders doped with atoms, molecules, ions, or compounds The invention relates to a synthetic bone material and a process for making the same. The synthetic bone material may comprise multiple phases of calcium phosphate. Another aspect of the invention is a porous filter, and the method of making the same, and wherein the porous filter is substantially similar to the process for forming the synthetic bone material.
US10118826B2	Oxygen generators An oxygen generator comprising a housing and a chemical core within the housing, the chemical core being capable on ignition of producing oxygen by chemical reaction. An ignition apparatus within the housing is for igniting the chemical core, and a collection apparatus within the housing collects oxygen produced by the chemical core. The collection apparatus comprises a cooling chamber having an inlet through which oxygen produced by the chemical core enters into the cooling chamber, and an outlet through which oxygen in the cooling chamber leaves the cooling chamber. The interior of the cooling chamber has at least one wall arranged in the path of oxygen flowing from the inlet to the outlet.
US10118824B2	Process for purifying synthesis gas by washing with aqueous solutions of amines The invention relates to a process for purifying synthesis gas, comprising at least one stage for separating the crude synthesis gas to be treated into at least two effluents, namely a first part and a complementary part, in which the said first part is subjected to a carbon monoxide conversion stage with steam and the said complementary part is subjected to a COS and HCN catalytic hydrolysis stage, the two gas flows, namely the first part and complementary part, are then each treated separately in two stages intended to remove acid gases such as CO2 and H2S, by washing with aqueous solutions of specific amines, before a recombination stage of the two treated effluents.
US10118822B2	Hydrogen production system and methods of using same The present invention is directed to hydrogen production systems and methods of using same. The systems support a hydrogen production reaction that comprises aluminum and a catalyst or wool and van produce hydrogen on-demand. The hydrogen and the heat produced by the systems can be used for many applications, including to power vehicles, heat homes, or power electricity-producing power plants.
US10118821B2	Method and apparatus for efficient on-demand production of H2 and O2 from water using waste heat and environmentally safe metals A method of and apparatus for efficient on-demand production of H2 and O2 from water and heat using environmentally safe metals are disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus for the hydrogen generation through water decomposition reaction includes a main reactor, an oxidizer reactor, and a computer controlling system. The main reactor contains a hydrogen generating substance, such as aluminum hydroxide. In some embodiments, the main reactor includes hydroxide shuttles, such as Cu ion and Ag ion. In another aspect, the system for hydrogen generation through water decomposition includes the steps of (1) REDOX reaction, (2) pre-generation reaction, (3) generation reaction, (4) regeneration reaction, (5) second hydrogen reaction, and (6) oxygen reaction.
US10118815B2	Filling adapter (maintenance check) A filling adapter for a container to be filled with media, in particular for the filling of containers on assembly lines for the production of motor vehicles where the filling adapter is equipped with a hose pack, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic lines. An electronic assembly (ID chip) for a maintenance check is integrated in the adapter head of the filling adapter, which assembly detects the number of use cycles of the filling adapter and compares said number with parameters which can be set in advance in such a way that when said parameters are approached, at least one prior warning is triggered, and when said parameters are reached, an associated controller is informed about the maintenance which is now due.
US10118813B2	Connector and socket Provided is a connector including a plug and a socket. The socket includes: a socket body in which a second liquid outflow passage and a second liquid inflow passage are formed; a ball lock mechanism that is attached to the socket body and fixes the socket body to a key ring; and a switching mechanism that switches an open state and a closed state of a rotary valve. The switching mechanism includes an opening/closing arm that regulates releasing of the fixation of the socket body to the key ring by the ball lock mechanism in the open state.
US10118811B2	Eccentric loading adjusting mechanism and method for parallel suspension platform An eccentric loading adjusting mechanism (5) and method for a parallel suspension platform. The adjusting mechanism (5) comprises a rotary platform (5-2) and a support guide frame (5-3) disposed on the rotary platform (5-2), wherein the base of the rotary platform (5-2) is fixedly connected to a suspension platform (4); a circular guide rail (5-8) is provided around the rotary platform (5-2); the support guide frame (5-3) is provided with two counterweight guide rails (5-15) and is connected to a rotary table of the rotary platform (5-2) by means of a rotary plate (5-17) on the support guide frame (5-3); and an electric drive pusher (5-6) drives a counterweight means (5-9) to move along the two counterweight guide rails (5-15), thereby eliminating eccentric loading.
US10118806B2	Stabiliser Mobile plant stabilizer (2) including an extendible leg (4) and a load distributing foot (12) connected to the extendible leg (4), wherein the foot (12) includes a primary part (14) and an extension part (18) connected to the primary part (14) by a hinge (20) enabling the extension part (18) to rotate relative to the primary part (14) to and from a deployed position in which the extension part (18) extends laterally outwardly from the primary part (14).
US10118805B2	Battery gripper Battery gripper (12), for attracting by suction and handling starter batteries (26) of, in particular, motor vehicles, having a housing (56), in which a vacuum chamber which can be loaded with vacuum is provided and which has suction openings (84, 84) on the suction side thereof (54) which faces the starter battery to be attracted by suction, wherein the suction side is assigned a flexible lining (82) for contact with the starter battery, wherein the housing has a T-shaped cross section which runs parallel to the suction side, wherein the cross section has a bar section (64) and a web section (66) which extends transversely from the bar section, in such a way that the web section extends between the battery poles (68, 70) of the starter battery when the starter battery is attracted by suction to the battery gripper.
US10118800B2	Method and arrangement for closing doors of an elevator of a multi-car elevator shaft system The invention relates to a method and arrangement for closing doors of an elevator that comprises at least an elevator shaft, a car running along guide rails, in the shaft and equipped with a car door, landing doors at each landing floor, a hoisting machinery, a necessary roping system and shaft equipment, and a control system for controlling the activities of the elevator. According to traffic situations controlled by the control system of the elevator the door open time of the car doors and landing doors is reduced by speeding up the closure of the doors, and at the same time the passengers are informed about the speed-up.
US10118798B2	Monitoring condition of safety system for elevator According to few examples a safety system, a method and a computer program for an elevator safety system is provided. A first switch configured to detect a first position of a safety device of an elevator. A second switch configured to detect a second position of the safety device. A controller configured to monitor a change of a state of the first switch and a change of a state of the second switch.
US10118796B2	System and method for group elevator scheduling based on submodular optimization Systems and Methods for controlling a movement of cars of an elevator system. A processor determines for each car an individual waiting time of each hall call. Determines for each pair of hall calls assigned for each car, a pairwise delay over the individual waiting time of each hall call in the pair caused by a joint assignment of the car to the pair of the hall calls. Approximate a cumulative waiting time of an assignment of the cars to the hall calls as a sum of individual waiting times for each hall call with the assigned car and a sum of all pairwise delays determined between all pairs of hall calls assigned to the same car. Determine the assignment of the cars using a greedy optimization algorithm that greedily assigns hall calls to the cars to minimize the approximated cumulative waiting time, and control the movement of the cars.
US10118793B1	Tool for tying knots with two chords An apparatus includes a base, a first clamp, a second clamp, a first post, a first slot, a second post, a second slot, a rod, a catch and a channel. The first clamp may be attached to a first end of the base and configured to secure a first chord. The second clamp may be attached to a second end the base and configured to secure a second chord. The first post may be attached to the first end of the base. The first slot may reside in the first post opposite the base. The second post may be attached to the second end of the base. The second slot may reside in the second post opposite the base. The rod may be rigidly attached to the first post. The catch may be attached to the rod opposite the first post. The channel may reside in the catch.
US10118792B2	Fiber unwinding system and methods of unwinding a fiber from a bobbin Unwinding systems and methods are provided for unwinding a fiber from a bobbin. The unwinding system can include an axle defining a first axis extending an axial direction, a bobbin rotatably mounted around the axle, a pulley positioned to receive the fiber from the bobbin, wherein the pulley is rotatable around a second axis, and a sensor positioned between the bobbin and the pulley. The bobbin is moveable along the axial direction, and wherein the fiber extends tangentially from a surface of the bobbin.
US10118791B2	Sheet processing apparatus According to an embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a transport unit and a holding unit. The transport unit transports a first sheet to a first position. The transport unit transports a second sheet, which is transported after the first sheet, to a second position displaced to the upstream side of a sheet transport direction relative to the first position. The transport unit transports a third sheet, which is transported after the second sheet, to a third position displaced to the downstream side of the sheet transport direction relative to the second position. In the case where the second sheet is transported to the second position, the holding unit holds the first sheet at the first position. In the case where the third sheet is transported to the third position, the holding unit holds the second sheet at the second position.
US10118790B2	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet processing apparatus includes a stack portion on which sheets conveyed in a conveying direction are stacked, a first regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle stacked on the stack portion in a crossing direction crossing the conveying direction by contacting an end of the sheet bundle in the crossing direction, a second regulating portion regulating a position of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction by contacting an end of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction, a first binding device which moves in the crossing direction and binds by a staple, a second binding device which moves and binds without a staple, and a controller which controls the first and second binding devices. The first and second binding devices bind the corner portion of the sheet bundle.
US10118786B2	Apparatus with automatic belt tensioning Provided is an apparatus with automatic belt tensioning. A winding seat includes a first gear and a winding portion fixed at the first gear. A belt is windable around the winding portion, and the first elastic element is connected with the winding portion thus to wind the belt around the winding portion. A rotation preventing element includes a protrusion. When the protrusion retains the first gear, the winding portion is locked to prevent the belt being wound. When the belt is pulled, it drives the protrusion to be separated from the first gear and drives the winding portion to rotate. When the belt is released and the winding speed of the belt is decreased to a certain degree, the protrusion retains the first gear to prevent the belt being wound.
US10118779B2	Feeder, image reading apparatus and recording apparatus A feeder includes a pressing section that presses a medium after a feeding force is applied on the medium in a direction in which a leading edge of the medium set in a setting section in a feeding direction abuts on an abutment section during feeding of the media by a feed roller.
US10118776B2	Device and method for delivering a laboratory sample carrier from a stack of sample carriers A device and method for delivering a laboratory sample carrier from a stack of sample carriers includes providing a retaining mechanism that retains the stack of laboratory sample carriers, and an ejector mechanism including a displaceable mechanism comprising a carrier support portion and a carrier transporting portion which are hingeably interconnected. The stack is supported by the carrier transporting portion and the carrier transporting portion is supported by a carrier transporting portion support of the ejector mechanism when the displaceable mechanism is in a first carrier receiving position and configuration. The displaceable mechanism is displaced from the first carrier receiving position and configuration to a second carrier release position and configuration by a further displacement mechanism of the ejector mechanism. This involves moving a lowermost carrier from the bottom of the stack in a carrier accommodating region of the carrier transporting portion as the displaceable mechanism is displaced from the first carrier receiving position and configuration. The displaceable mechanism is displaced such that the carrier transporting portion moves past the carrier transporting portion support and drops so that the displaceable mechanism adopts the second carrier release position and configuration and the carrier in the carrier accommodating region is released. The stack is supported with the carrier support portion when the displaceable mechanism is in the second carrier release position and configuration.
US10118770B2	Electronic component mounter and electronic component mounting system An electronic component mounter having a mounting head includes: a board transporter (transport mechanism) that transports a board with a transport belt supporting the board; a recognizer (a board recognition camera or a height sensor) that is provided in the mounting head and recognizes a state of a front surface of the transport belt; and a determiner (wear determiner) that determines a degradation state (wear degree) of the transport belt based on the state of the front surface of the transport belt recognized by the recognizer.
US10118766B2	Splice link for conveyor belt A splice link for a conveyor belt includes an outer locking bar including at least one lower tab and an offset portion, an inner connector bar including at least one opening configured to receive the at least one lower tab on the outer locking bar and a front face having an upper tab, the offset portion on the outer locking bar configured to engage the upper tab of the inner connector bar. A further aspect of the disclosure includes a conveyor belt including a plurality of spaced tractive rods, a plurality of parallel pairs of edge bar links interconnecting the plurality of spaced tractive rods, and a splice link disposed between adjacent pairs of edge bar links.
US10118762B2	Waste receptacle with pedal-operated lid Waste receptacles (100) with pedal-operated lids (108) are provided. A waste receptacle includes an enclosure (102) having an enclosed base portion (104) and at least one sidewall (106) defining an open top portion (105), a lid (108) hingedly coupled to the enclosure and defining a channel, a pedal (112) pivotably coupled to the base portion, and an elongated lift rod (116) having a first end coupled to the pedal and a second end being disposed in the first end of the channel when the pedal is in the first position and the lid is disposed in a closed position and being disposed in the second end of the channel when the pedal is in the second position.
US10118761B2	Methods and systems for waste containment A waste containment system includes a flexible bag having a moldable top opening and a flexible frame including an attachment mechanism configured to couple the frame to the bag. Manipulation of the top opening causes the frame to change in shape such that the shape of the frame at least partially corresponds to the shape of the top opening.
US10118759B2	Silo, kit and method for constructing a silo The present invention relates to a silo (1) comprising one or more cells (2), each cell comprising one or more outlet openings (3), wherein said cells have an angular cross-section and wherein said outlet openings have a non-angular cross-section, wherein said outlet openings and said cells are connected to one another by means of a transition plate (4), wherein the angle a between the wall of the cell and said transition plate is constant along the radial periphery of the outlet opening. The present invention also relates to a kit and a method for constructing such silo.
US10118755B2	Parachord dispenser and associated methods A backstacked paracord dispenser, comprising a body a lid and a backstacked length of paracord disposed therein. The body has a closed bottom and a first sidewall integrally connected to the bottom. The lid has a closed top with a through-hole disposed therethrough and a second sidewall integrally connected to the top. The second sidewall is sized to securely fit to the body. The length of paracord is disposed in the body and has one end extended through the through-hole. The paracord was backstacked into the body.
US10118740B2	Applicator An applicator includes: an applying part on a front portion thereof; a removable cap that totally covers the applying part; a sealing element that seals up a front end portion of the applying part when the cap is fitted; and an inner cap provided inside the cap. The inner cap includes an inner cap body and a hinged cap that is joined to the inner cap body and can abut the inner cap body. The hinged cap has a hollow mounting portion. An engaging portion for fixing the hinged cap is formed inside the cap. When the inner cap having the sealing element held between the inner cap body and the mounting portion is fitted into the interior of the cap, the hinged cap is engaged by the engaging portion inside the cap.
US10118738B2	Layer separating container Provided is a delamination container that smoothly peels an inner layer from an outer layer in a body and can prevent the peel of an inner layer from an outer layer at an opening. A delamination container includes a body configured to contain contents and an opening through which the contents from the body are discharged. The body and the opening each include an outer layer and an inner layer. The inner layer peels from the outer layer and shrinks with a reduction in the contents. The inner layer includes, as an outermost layer, a layer having a standard peel strength of about 7 to 12 g/15 mm.
US10118721B2	Rotary feed and device for treating and/or for transporting containers, said device having such a rotary feed A rotary feed includes a static part that remains stationary relative to a stationary reference frame and a rotating part that rotates with a rotor. The static part and rotating part run adjacent to each other and define a sealed flow channel for a first medium. A buffer chamber surrounds the static and rotating parts, and the transition between these parts. During operation, a barrier medium charges it at a transition between the static and rotating parts. An outlet connects the buffer chamber to a treatment head to permit a medium in the buffer to be fed to the nozzle for container treatment.
US10118718B2	Apparatus and method for packing a product in a container comprising an external body and an internal bag An apparatus for packing a food product in a container to be used in infusion machines, preferably to obtain a beverage such as coffee, includes a frame for supporting means for feeding an external body of the container and means for making and inserting a bag configured with fluted sidewalls in the external body. The means for making and inserting the bag has at least one operating unit with a bag making component, an insertion component, and a conveyance for transporting the bag between the making component and the insertion component.
US10118716B2	Spin and tilt control of a multi-degree of freedom electromagnetic machine A multi-degree-of-freedom electromagnetic machine includes a first structure, a second structure, and a control. The first structure is configured to rotate about a spin axis and about a tilt axis that is perpendicular to the spin axis, and includes a first spin conductor, a second spin conductor, and a tilt conductor, which together form a general shape of a surface. The second structure is disposed adjacent to the first structure and includes a plurality of magnets. The control is configured to controllably supply alternating current (AC) to the first and second spin conductors and direct current (DC) to the tilt conductor, wherein the first structure continuously rotates about the spin axis in response to the AC being supplied to the first and second spin conductors, and rotates about the tilt axis to a tilt position in response to the DC being supplied to the tilt conductor.
US10118712B2	Electrical conductor pathway system and method of making the same The disclosure provides in one embodiment an electrical conductor pathway system for diverting an electric charge. The electrical conductor pathway system includes a substrate having a first surface to be printed on and having one or more grounding points. The electrical conductor pathway system further includes a direct write conductive material pattern printed directly onto the first surface via a direct write printing process. The direct write conductive material pattern forms one or more electrical pathways interconnected with the one or more grounding points. The one or more electrical pathways interconnected with the one or more grounding points divert the electric charge from the first surface to the one or more grounding points.
US10118710B2	Unducted fan for an aircraft turbine engine An unducted fan for an aircraft turbine engine, including a propeller having a hub and an annular array of blades extending substantially radially outwards from the hub, is provided. The hub includes an annular array of cowls, each of which is mounted between the radially inner ends of the blades and suitable for being fixed to an upstream collar and to a downstream collar of the hub. At least one cowl includes, at a circumferential end, a joint edge which is contiguous with a complementary joint edge of an adjacent cowl. The at least one cowl and at least one of the upstream and downstream collars are configured so that the cowl can be mounted and dismounted by a movement including a pivoting about an initial pivot axis circumferentially separated from the at least one joint edge.
US10118708B2	Evacuation slide with beam structure comprising four-point cross section According to various embodiments, disclosed is a beam structure comprising a four-point cross section for an inflatable article comprising an inflatable slide. The beam structure has greater beam strength and provides greater structural support than an inflatable beam having a traditional circular cross section.
US10118699B2	Interactive transport services provided by unmanned aerial vehicles Embodiments relate to a client-facing application for interacting with a transport service that transports items via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An example graphic interface may allow a user to order items to specific delivery areas associated with their larger delivery location, and may dynamically provide status updates and other functionality during the process of fulfilling a UAV transport request.
US10118693B2	Gearwheel set, in particular for a gyroplane The present disclosure relates to a gear set, especially for a rotary-wing aircraft, with two intermeshing gear wheels, each mounted on a respective shaft. In particular, in a normal section, the gear wheels of the gear set have different pressure angles on a drive side from the pressure angles on a freewheel side at the beginning of an engagement.
US10118687B1	Inflight connection of aircraft An inflight connection system for aircraft having at least one wing with a wingtip includes, for each aircraft, a primary connector selectively extendable from the wingtip, an alignment connector selectively extendable from the wingtip and a male and female connector assembly disposed proximate the wingtip. The primary connectors extend a greater distance from the wingtips than the alignment connectors such that the primary connectors form a first connection between the aircraft when the aircraft are flying in a connection pattern. Thereafter, retraction of the primary connectors reduces wingtip separation of the aircraft such that the alignment connectors form a second connection between the aircraft establishing coarse alignment therebetween. Thereafter, retraction of the primary and alignment connectors further reduces wingtip separation of the aircraft such that the male and female connector assemblies form a third connection between the aircraft establishing fine alignment therebetween.
US10118672B2	Anchor An anchor (1) comprises a fluke (2) and a shank (3) pivotally connected to one another. The shank (3) is pivotable between an anchor deployment configuration and an anchor retrieval configuration, and a fastener 36 is provided to engage with the shank 3 to retain the shank (3) in the anchor retrieval configuration.
US10118658B2	Adjustable saddle An adjustable saddle may include a front mounting bracket with first and second apertures that receive first and second fasteners and a rear mounting bracket with third and fourth apertures that receive third and fourth fasteners. The adjustable saddle may also include first and second saddle half bases that each pivotally attach to the front mounting bracket and slidably translate relative to the rear mounting bracket through first and second arcuate adjustment channels.
US10118654B2	Aerodynamic device to be fastened under a vehicle, and vehicle equipped with such an aerodynamic device An aerodynamic device suitable to be fastened under and to extend downwards from a vehicle, near the vehicle front face includes one central spoiler having a front wall and two side walls extending rearwards from the front wall side ends, and two lateral spoilers, each lateral spoiler having a front wall as well as an outer side wall and an inner side wall each extending rearwards from a front wall side end. In the operative position of the aerodynamic device, the inner side wall of each lateral spoiler substantially faces a corresponding side wall of the central spoiler and forms a channel having a substantially longitudinal axis and having a width along a transverse direction which decreases from its front end to its rear end, so that the channel is capable of canalizing and accelerating air flowing under the vehicle substantially longitudinally from the channel front end towards its rear end.
US10118644B2	Vehicle body structure A vehicle body structure includes a front side member, a body attachment structure and an off-center impact structure. The body attachment structure is attached to an outboard wall of the front side member along a front-section forward of an outboard opening and extends in an outboard direction from the front side member. The off-center impact structure has an elongated member with a straight portion that extends through the outboard opening and into a hollow interior of the front side member. The elongated member is fixedly coupled to the outboard wall of the front side member adjacent to, spaced apart from and rearward of the body attachment structure. In response to an impact event of an off-center impact test the body attachment structure deforms and moves into contact with the elongated member transferring impact force to the elongated member.
US10118637B2	Load-sensing system The present disclosure relates to a load-sense system such as a load-sense steering system that operates in a static load-sense mode for low flows and operates in a dynamic load-sense mode for high flows.
US10118634B2	Portable shopping cart A folding shopping cart includes a body frame with a frame connecting base secured at the first end of the body frame. The shopping cart also includes a lower first frame member and an upper second frame member telescopically engaged to define a vertical frame member, wherein a bottom of the lower first frame member is hinged on the frame connecting base. A handlebar is connected with the upper second frame member and front wheels are secured to a second end of the body frame opposite the first end of the body frame. First and second folding rear wheels are respectively secured on opposite sides of the frame connecting base. A button is mechanically linked to a telescopic locking device controlling relative movement between the lower first frame member and the upper second frame member. At least one basket is detachably secured thereto.
US10118629B2	High speed transportation system High speed rail transportation systems are provided for improving transportation costs, speed and convenience for passengers, owners and operators. The high speed rail transportation system may include a high speed propulsion segment assembly, a segment of rails and a load station for transporting vehicles independent from each other and at high speed. In an embodiment, the high speed propulsion segment assembly may include a propulsion cylinder, a free cylinder and a cable assembly movably connected to the propulsion cylinder and the free cylinder.
US10118628B2	Data processing system for guidance, control, and testing autonomous vehicle features and driver response Systems and methods are disclosed for guidance, control, and testing of autonomous vehicle features and a driver's response thereto. The system may activate a plurality of autonomous driving features of an autonomous vehicle. In response to a determination to initiate a driving test, the system may generate an indication to a driver of the autonomous vehicle of the initiation of the driving test and may deactivate or adjust parameters of one or more of the plurality of autonomous driving features. The system may receive, from one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle or one or more sensors of a mobile computing device within the autonomous vehicle, driving data associated with the autonomous vehicle. Based on the driving data associated with the autonomous vehicle, the system may determine the driver's response time and actions taken by the driver during the driving test. Moreover, in response to a determination to end the driving test, the system may reactivate the one or more of the plurality of autonomous driving features previously deactivated or may readjust previously adjusted parameters. In some aspects, based on the driver's response time and actions taken by the driver during the driving test, a drive score may be generated for the driver.
US10118624B2	Torque converter having variable pitch stator and bypass clutch A transmission includes a torque converter with both a variable pitch stator and a bypass clutch. These are controlled in two modes to maintain a target slip speed. In a first mode, the bypass clutch is fully released and slip is controlled by varying the pitch of the stator blades. In a second mode, the stator is held in the tightest position and slip is controlled by varying the torque capacity of the bypass clutch. The target slip is calculated based on a variety of different input signals depending on what type of vehicle maneuver is being performed.
US10118613B2	Vehicle and controlling method thereof A vehicle operating in accordance with a predetermined advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) control logic includes a sensing unit configured to acquire environment information of a given area, and a controller configured to change a setting value of the ADAS control logic based on the acquired environment information in real time and control the vehicle in accordance with the ADAS control logic using the changed setting value.
US10118599B2	Method for distributing a brake force, and braking device A method for braking a vehicle which is operable by a motor or by muscular power, in particular an electric bicycle. During a braking operation, a brake force influencing device is controlled by an electric brake pressure control device, and the brake pressure for the front wheel brake and/or for the rear wheel brake, and thus the brake force thereof, is increased and/or decreased. The brake pressure control device receives brake pressure signals in each case from a brake actuation detector for the front wheel brake and for the rear wheel brake, and an improved distribution of a total brake force on the front wheel and the rear wheel is effectuated which differs from the distribution that is effectuated by the driver.
US10118584B2	Airbag inflator pad A gas generator contains an anti-vibration, auto-igniting pad. The pad is formed from a mixture of a known auto-igniting composition mixed with an elastomeric polymer, and then cured, thereby forming a polymer—auto-igniting composition matrix. The pad is placed in thermodynamic communication with a housing on the gas generator, thereby enhancing the safety of the gas generator while yet providing a multi-functional pad. The pad is formulated to reduce vibrations when biased against an associated gas generant, while augmenting the amount of gas produced upon gas generator activation, while yet providing an auto-igniting material that is ignited during a high heat event.
US10118583B2	Gas generator A gas generator includes at least two functional subassemblies and at least two retention parts. The functional subassemblies each have an axis defining an axial direction and at least one outer dimension in a plane normal to the axial direction. The retention parts are each radially crimped for retaining one of the at least two functional subassemblies on the gas generator. The at least two retention parts are formed on the same part of the gas generator and the at least two functional subassemblies are positioned on the gas generator with a center distance of axes less than or equal to 1.5 times this outer dimension and that each retention part is radially crimped over at least 90% of its periphery.
US10118577B1	Configuration of vehicle compartments Systems, methods, tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices for configuration of a vehicle compartment are provided. For example, a method can include receiving, by a computing system, occupancy data based in part on one or more states of one or more objects. Based in part on the occupancy data and compartment data, a compartment configuration can be determined for one or more compartments of an autonomous vehicle. The compartment data can be based in part on a state of the one or more compartments. The compartment configuration can specify one or more spatial relations of one or more compartment components associated with the one or more compartments. One or more configuration signals can be generated based in part on the compartment configuration to control the one or more compartments of the autonomous vehicle.
US10118573B2	Conductive member to be routed in a vehicle A conductive member to be routed in a vehicle includes a pipe member being tubular in shape and capable of keeping a shape, a core wire connected to an end portion of the pipe member and having flexibility, a connector terminal connected to an end portion of the core wire on a side that is opposite to the pipe member, and a corrugated tube covering the pipe member and the core wire and having flexibility.
US10118572B2	Case structure of power equipment unit A case structure of a power equipment unit which contains power equipment mounted in a vehicle includes: a case body which contains the power equipment and an upper portion of which is open; a lid member which covers the upper portion of the case body; and a cover member which is attached to the lid member and which covers at least an opening part formed in the lid member, wherein: an intake port for taking in air from outside is formed in the cover member; a space part is formed between the cover member and the lid member; the opening part of the lid member is surrounded by a circumferential wall having a cylindrical shape; and a drain passage communicating with a drain port is connected with an outer circumference of the circumferential wall.
US10118569B2	Process for manufacturing vehicle headliners Manufacturing process for vehicle headliners comprising a substrate and at least one decorative lining extending along one of the faces of said substrate, joined to each other through a layer of adhesive, which specifically comprises the union of the decorative lining to the previously shaped substrate using a thermosetting adhesive with a high viscosity.
US10118568B2	Vehicle badge having discretely illuminated portions A badge includes a housing having a front viewable portion, a first light source disposed rearwardly of the viewable portion, a second light source disposed adjacently to the first light source, a third light source disposed adjacently to the second light source, and a controller that illuminates the first, the second, and the third light sources sequentially at offset intervals.
US10118563B2	Tensioning device for a bicycle support assembly or a load carrier A tensioning device for a load carrier, such as a bike carrier or a roof box. The tensioning device includes a torque limiting mechanism which is adapted to limit the amount of transferable torque. The torque limiting mechanism includes a first torque transmission member and a second torque transmission member. The first torque transmission member is biased into working cooperation with the second torque transmission member such that upon a torque threshold value, the first and second torque transmission members are disengaged from working cooperation so that a torque limiting function is provided. An activation member is associated with the first torque transmission member, which enables a user to operate the first torque transmission member to transfer torque to the second torque transmission member.
US10118562B2	Automatic sliding roof rail system A system for providing storage on a vehicle roof is provided. The system comprises at least one partially hollow pillar for supporting the vehicle roof, a rail adapted to being raised and lowered relative to the vehicle roof between a deployed position for receiving cargo and a non-deployed position. An actuator is positioned at least partially along or within the at least one pillar for moving the rail relative to the roof. The actuator may comprise a pinion and a rack providing support for the rail. One or more supports may be connected to the rail for sliding as the rail is raised and lowered, including an active support for raising and lowering the rail in response to actuation. One or more passive supports for the rail may be slidably received in different pillars from the active support.
US10118559B2	Interior cargo management divider system A cargo management system for a vehicle is disclosed. The cargo management system comprises at least one panel assembly having a first and second panel, the first and second panel being articulable about at least one hinge situated therebetween. The first panel has an attachment end for engagement with an interior trim panel of the vehicle, and the second panel has a latch end for latching and/or locking the panel assembly in a desired configuration. The panel assembly is configured to be folded when stowed, and recessed within the interior trim panel.
US10118546B2	Stop lamp and cargo lamp assembly A stop lamp and cargo lamp system comprises a circuit board; a stop lamp mounted on the circuit board; a first cargo lamp assembly including a first cargo lamp mounted on the circuit board and a first directional tube coupled to the first cargo lamp and formed a first downward angle with a surface of the circuit board; and a second cargo lamp assembly including a second cargo lamp mounted on the circuit board and a second directional tube coupled to the second cargo lamp and form a second downward angle with the surface of the circuit board, wherein the second downward angle is different from the first downward angle.
US10118541B2	Apparatus and method for phosphor LED based signal lighting An illumination device and methods of forming illumination devices having a limited number of white light light emitting diodes (LED's) or solid state lighting (SSL) devices and a color filtering lens or light manipulator disposed over the white light LED to manipulate at least one of a chromaticity, a color temperature value, and a color rendering index (CRI) value of light emitted beyond the illumination device to satisfy regulatory visibly and/or illumination requirements with a more efficiently operable illumination device.
US10118538B2	Illuminated rack A vehicle roof rack includes a first side-rail and a second side-rail. Each of the rails define a first groove and a second groove. The second is defined below the first groove. A plurality of lights are positioned within the second groove. A cross-rail extends between the first and second side rails and is positioned within the first grooves.
US10118529B2	Intermodal storage and transportation container An intermodal container for transporting frac proppant, such as frac sand, and/or other types of granular material is disclosed. The intermodal container is designed to receive frac sand from a quarry or other frac sand supply source. Once the container is filled with material, the container is loaded onto a transportation device and transported to a well site. Once received at the well site, the containers can be stacked and the frac sand stored until needed. Once the frac sand is needed, the containers are placed on a base unit and the container discharges its contents onto a conveying system formed as part of the base unit. The conveying system directs the frac sand to a blending location. The empty intermodal containers can be removed from the base unit and loaded onto a transportation device to be refilled at a mine site.
US10118519B2	Cooling structure of seat and electronic module A cooling structure of a seat and an electronic module is provided. The cooling structure includes a cooling fan module that is mounted at a lower portion of the seat and generates air flow. An electronic module operating as a heating element is disposed at a lower portion of the cooling fan module. A flow path control valve is disposed at an upper portion of the cooling fan module to selectively convert a flow direction of air flowing in towards an upper end of the cooling fan module. The electronic module is thus continuously cooled and the seat is selectively cooled while the cooling fan module operates.
US10118508B2	Motor driven sloped floor recline mechanism for a theater seat Described is recline mechanism for a comfort seating assembly such as a theater seat which can be mounted on a sloped surface. In a fully recline position, the seating assembly is compact with a layout that falls generally within its profile. The recline mechanism includes a pair of each of: seat rail brackets, front pivot links, rear pivot upper lift link to control the motion of the rear end of the assembly, rear pivot links each attached to one rear pivot upper lift link, carrier links, each carrier link attached to one front pivot link and to a rear pivot link and a pair of rear pivot upper lift control links, attached to a pivot upper lift link and to a carrier link. A linear actuator attached by motor drive tubes at two ends of the linkage system transitions the recline mechanism between the closed and recline positions.
US10118499B2	Distance until charge prediction for vehicles A vehicle includes a traction battery and a controller programmed to, in response to a first ignition cycle after a charging of the traction battery, output a distance until charge prediction based on one or more selected distance estimates from filtered sets of historical data that are derived by filtering historical data based on a time and a day of the first ignition cycle. The selected distance estimates may be from filtered sets having more than a predetermined number of members. The selected distance estimates may be from filtered sets having a variance that is less than an overall historic variance. The filtered sets may include members of an unfiltered set based on a time of day and day of week.
US10118492B2	Vehicular fuel cell system and method of controlling the same A vehicular fuel cell system includes a collision detector configured to detect collision on the front and rear sides of a vehicle, a high voltage unit arranged on one side of the front and rear sides of the vehicle, a high voltage controller arranged on the one side and configured to control the high voltage unit, a hydrogen supply unit arranged on the other side of the front and rear sides of the vehicle and configured to supply hydrogen to a fuel cell stack, and a supply valve controller arranged on the other side and configured to control a hydrogen supply valve, the hydrogen supply valve being configured to shut off a supply path of hydrogen from the hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell stack.
US10118487B1	System and method to monitor and alert vehicle operator of impairment The method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitates monitoring a vehicle operator during the course of vehicle operation to determine whether the vehicle operator is impaired (e.g., distracted, drowsy, intoxicated) and alerting the vehicle operator using a haptic alert delivered by a wearable computing device worn by the vehicle operator when impairment is detected. The method, system, and computer-readable medium may monitor the vehicle operator, the environment surrounding the vehicle, and/or forces acting on the vehicle using a variety of sensors, including optical sensors or accelerometers. In particular, optical sensors may monitor the vehicle operator to detect eye blinks, head nods, head rotations, and/or gaze fixation. Optical sensors may also monitor the road ahead of the vehicle to detect lane deviation, lane centering, and time to collision. Accelerometers may detect acceleration in the direction of vehicle travel and/or lateral acceleration.
US10118485B2	Disconnecting all-wheel drive driveline having rear drive module with disconnection and differential locking clutches An all-wheel drive vehicle driveline can include an input member, differential, pump, first clutch, valve, and second clutch. The differential can include a case member, differential gearset, first output, and second output. The differential gearset can receive input torque from the case member and output differential torque to the first and second outputs. The pump can pump a fluid to a first conduit. The first clutch can transmit torque between the input and case members when a pressure in the first conduit exceeds a first predetermined pressure. The valve can couple the first conduit to a second conduit. The second clutch can couple the case member to the first output for common rotation when a pressure in the second conduit exceeds a second predetermined pressure. The valve can selectively permit fluid communication from the first conduit to the second conduit.
US10118481B1	Fuel housing assemblies having fuel nozzle boot deflector assemblies A fuel housing assembly for a vehicle includes a fuel housing having a sidewall and an interior wall defining a fuel nozzle receiving cavity for receiving a fuel nozzle having a fuel nozzle boot. A fuel door locking assembly having a locking pin moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. A deflector assembly having a base portion and a deflector. The base portion is connected to the sidewall. The deflector extends outwardly from the base portion to extend beyond the locking pin to deflect the fuel nozzle boot from contacting the locking pin with the locking pin in the extended position.
US10118480B2	Grille shutter module A grill shutter module includes a radar unit which radiates radio waves toward a front, a rotatable flap disposed on a side of the radar unit, an actuator disposed behind the radar unit, and a power transmission part configured to connect the actuator and the flap to transmit power from the actuator to the flap.
US10118477B2	Hybrid utility vehicle A hybrid vehicle may be a series hybrid or a parallel hybrid vehicle. One embodiment of a parallel hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a transmission coupled to the engine, a front drive coupled to the transmission through a prop shaft, a rear drive coupled to the transmission, a traction motor drivingly coupled to the prop shaft, and a battery to operate the traction motor.
US10118476B2	Engine mount assembly for a vehicle drive unit An engine mount for a drive unit in a vehicle includes a bracket having first and second joining points for attachment of the bracket to the drive unit. A first mounting member connects the bracket to the drive unit in the first joining point along a first joining axis. An engine mount is arranged on a vehicle body and supports the drive unit via the bracket. A second mounting member connects the bracket to the drive unit in the second joining point along a second joining axis. The first and second joining axes extend at a slant to each other by an axis angle.
US10118464B2	Off-road utility vehicle air conditioning system An off-road utility vehicle air conditioning system includes an air conditioning unit positioned at least partially inside a mounting structure in front of an enclosed cab, and between a pair of front wheels of the utility vehicle. The air conditioning unit may be connected to a variable displacement air conditioning compressor positioned behind the cab and below a rear cargo box. A non-electronically controlled belt driven continuously variable transmission transmits power from a gas powered internal combustion engine under the rear cargo box to a pair of front wheels and pair of rear wheels, the continuously variable transmission biased to ratios where the engine runs at over about 5000 rpm.
US10118462B2	Heat-pump-type vehicular air-conditioning system A heat-pump-type vehicular air-conditioning that includes a cooling refrigerant circuit. The circuit has a base for connecting an onboard condenser provided on the downstream side of an onboard evaporator inside an HVAC unit. The circuit includes a second decompression unit between the outlet side of a receiver and one end side of a vehicle-mounted external heat exchanger. Also included is a second circuit having a solenoid valve opened during heating between the other end side of the vehicle-mounted external heat exchanger and the intake circuit of an electric compressor. The vehicular air-conditioning system being provided with a heating refrigerant circuit in which the electric compressor, a switching unit, the onboard condenser, the receiver, the first circuit, the vehicle-mounted external heat exchanger, and the second circuit are connected in the stated order.
US10118459B2	Battery cooling structure for vehicle A battery cooling structure for a vehicle includes: a battery storage space that is defined underneath a luggage compartment provided behind a rear seat and covered by a rear floor; a battery module that is stored in the battery storage space; a battery cooling unit that cools the battery module using air taken in from a passenger compartment, and discharges air into the battery storage space; a partition member that separates the battery storage space and a rear seat underside space that is provided underneath the rear seat; a passenger compartment-bound exhaust air flow path that returns an exhaust air discharged into the battery storage space to the passenger compartment by way of the rear seat underside space and an exhaust air passage hole formed in the partition member; and a luggage compartment-bound exhaust air flow path that discharges the exhaust air into the luggage compartment.
US10118458B2	Heat pump system for vehicle A heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a battery cooling line connected with a battery module, and water flowing through the battery cooling line; a chiller provided at the battery cooling line, connected with a coolant line of an air conditioner through a connection line, and configured to control the cooling water selectively introduced into the chiller by heat-exchanging the cooling water with coolant; a cooling part comprising a radiator and a first water pump connected with each other by a cooling line, configured to circulate the water through the cooling line to cool an electrical device, and connected with the battery cooling line through a first valve; and a bypass line configured to selectively connect the connection line with the coolant line through a second valve provided at the coolant line.
US10118455B1	Passive suspension ride height adjustment method A passive ride height adjuster mechanism includes a piston and cylinder acting on a main suspension spring at one or more locations around the chassis of a race car; with the piston-cylinder having adjustable length or travel; a hydraulic or pneumatic pressurization system mounted in the chassis is connected to the piston-cylinder; a signal from a timer or sensor on the chassis that signals the pressurization or depressurization of the piston-cylinder which affects the chassis ride height.
US10118422B2	Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a carriage; a lever rotatable about an axis of a shaft and including a lever arm; and a guide having an elongate hole defined by a first edge portion having stoppers for retaining the lever arm and a second edge portion, wherein the guide having an inclined portion including an inclined surface for rotating the lever arm toward the second edge portion and formed downstream of the stoppers in a first direction, wherein the biasing member biases the lever in a second direction opposite to the first direction and in a direction directed from the second edge portion toward the first edge portion, and wherein a distance between: a first position where the inclined surface and the lever arm contact; and the axis of the shaft is larger than a distance between: a second position where each stopper contacts the lever arm; and the axis.
US10118421B2	Printer with secure tray A secure printer with a secure tray. Valuable paper can be put in the secure tray, such as prescription paper, stock certificates, etc. The secure printer can lock the secure tray so that the secure tray cannot be removed from the secure printer or printed to. A wireless fob can be used to unlock the secure printer and thus enable removal of the secure tray from the secure printer and/or enable printing to the secure tray. A latch can be retracted and extended into a notch in the secure tray. When the latch is extended it would lock the secure tray from removal. A processor can control when to retract and extend the latch. A standard printer can also be converted to a secure printer by installing some components including a latch assembly, a processor board, and a detectable object on a side of the secure tray.
US10118415B2	Supporting a roll of print media In one example, an elevator for a roll of print media includes rotatable shafts oriented parallel to one another and translatable supports to support a roll of print media. Each support is operatively connected to the shafts such that rotating the shafts in a first direction raises the supports and rotating the shafts in a second direction opposite the first direction lowers the supports.
US10118409B2	Carbon filament lamp array A lamp array for drying liquid ink on a media in a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a transport system arranged to move the media through the printing apparatus in a process direction. The lamp array includes at least one lamp having a longitudinal axis arranged in a direction parallel to the process direction and adjacent to the transport system.
US10118404B2	Ribbon feeding apparatus, and tape printing apparatus equipped with the same An apparatus includes: a delivering-side gear train that transmits motive power to a delivering-side drive shaft; an winding-side gear train that transmits motive power to an winding-side drive shaft; a second clutch mechanism that connects the drive motor and the delivering-side gear train to each other in accordance with reverse rotation of the drive motor and disconnects the drive motor and the delivering-side gear train from each other in accordance with forward rotation of the drive motor; and a first clutch mechanism that is provided upstream of the second clutch mechanism, connects the drive motor and the winding-side gear train to each other in accordance with the forward rotation of the drive motor, and disconnects the drive motor and the winding-side gear train from each other in accordance with the reverse rotation of the drive motor.
US10118398B2	Plug member and liquid container unit There is provided a plug member that is detachably mounted to a liquid inlet to close the liquid inlet. The plug member comprises a sealing part configured to close the liquid inlet, such that at least part of the sealing part is inserted in the liquid inlet; and a cover part arranged around at least part of circumference of the sealing part.
US10118395B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A discharger is configured to discharge liquid in a liquid channel to outside the liquid channel. The liquid is at least one of first liquid and second liquid different from the first liquid. An agitator is configured to agitate the liquid in the liquid channel. When executed by a processor, instructions cause the processor to perform: an introducing process of, when the second liquid exists in the liquid channel, controlling the discharger to discharge the second liquid to outside the liquid channel and to introduce the first liquid from the tank into the liquid channel; an agitating process of, after the introducing process, controlling the agitator to agitate the liquid in the liquid channel; and a discharging process of, after the agitating process, controlling the discharger to discharge the liquid in the liquid channel agitated by the agitator to outside the liquid channel.
US10118392B2	Fluid feed slot for fluid ejection device A method of forming a substrate for a fluid ejection device includes forming an opening in the substrate from a second side toward a first side, and further forming the opening in the substrate to the first side, including increasing the opening to the first side and increasing the opening at the second side, and forming the opening with substantially parallel sidewalls intermediate the first side and the second side and converging sidewalls to the first side.
US10118391B2	Microfluidic die on a support with at least one other die The present disclosure provides supports for a microfluidic die and one or more additional die including, but not limited to, microfluidic die, ASICs, MEMS devices, and sensors. This includes semi-flexible supports that allow a microfluidic die to be at a 90 degree angle with respect to another die and rigid supports that allow a microfluidic and another die to be in close proximity to each other.
US10118386B2	Method to activate a nozzle arrangement of an inkjet printing system A method for printing waveforms, such as overlong waveforms, can be used to enable the printing of large ink droplets. The method can include determining whether the first waveform is longer than the duration and inducing the continued activation of a nozzle arrangement with the first waveform at a second activation point in time based on the determination that the first waveform is longer than the duration. The method can include the suppression of a new activation of the nozzle arrangement to ensure the execution of the first waveform (e.g., an overlong waveform).
US10118379B2	Multi-function heat foil embossing machine A multi-purpose heat foil embossing machine and a heat foil adapter are disclosed herein. According to an embodiment the heat foil adapter includes an injection molded body, a metal heat plate configured in the cavity of the molded body, a heating element, a temperature control system configured to maintain metal heat plate temperature, and a polycarbonate lid. According to another embodiment, the multi-purpose heat foil embossing machine is of platform and roller type construction wherein platform provides a flatbed working area and roller is moved over it that eliminates need to sandwich folder between plastic mats and push the mat between the rollers. According to another embodiment, the heat plate adapter is configured within a cavity on the platform of the embossing machine with electric connectivity.
US10118371B2	Flexible plastic film The present invention relates to a flexible plastic film, and more specifically to a flexible plastic film having excellent flexibility while exhibiting high hardness. According to the present invention, the flexible plastic film exhibits flexibility, bending property, high hardness, scratch resistance and high transparency, and hardly has a risk of damaging the film even in repetitive, continuous bending or long-time folding state, and thereby can be usefully applied to flexible mobile devices, display devices, front face and display unit of various instrument panels, and the like.
US10118370B2	Article and manufacturing method of article An article includes a thermoplastic resin, a metal-resin composite particle, and a pore and a method of manufacturing the article. The metal-resin composite particle includes a metal deposition layer, a first coating layer positioned on one side of the metal deposition layer, and a second coating layer positioned on the other side of the metal deposition layer, and the first and second layers include a thermosetting resin respectively.
US10118366B2	Unit comprising a formwork board including a housing and a repairing element suitable for being fixed to the housing, and repairing method of a formwork board A repair element for a formwork board that includes a housing. The repairing element comprising a first member made of thermoplastic material and a second member made of porous material, wherein the second member acts as a support of the first member, the first member being arranged on the second member. The first member has a height that partially projects from the board once the repairing element is fixed in the housing, the first member being suitable for filling a cavity existing between the repairing element and the housing once the repairing element is placed in the housing after being at least partially melted, thus sealing the attachment between the repairing element and the board. Repairing method of the board with the repairing element.
US10118364B2	Polymeric vehicle glazing with a flush mounted opaque edge zone A polymeric vehicle glazing is described, having an outer face and an inner face, with a transparent polymeric component at the outer face and the inner face. An opaque polymeric component is flush mounted at the inner face in at least one section of the transparent polymeric component.
US10118362B2	Multilayer composite cloth with different elasticities and scalabilities and application thereof A multilayer composite cloth with different flexibility and scalability can be used in wearing articles. The multilayer composite cloth has at least two surface-overlaid stretch cloths to present a multilayer composite structure. An elastic enhancement strip is bound between the two stretch cloths and corresponds to local area of the two stretch cloths, enabling the distribution area of the elastic enhancement strip to generate different elasticity. The elastic enhancement strip is hidden between the stretch cloths but does not appear on the surface of the composite co-structure cloth, thus enabling the composite co-structure cloth to present one cloth pattern with different elasticity and scalability. This cloth used in wearing articles will provide binding, support or bracing to muscles or joints maintain aesthetics of wearing articles and achieve the goals of protection, reducing injury probability, slimming and beauty.
US10118355B2	Tire manufacturing method The present invention increases tire formation precision and is a tire manufacturing method, which comprises a step S1 for forming a green tire on the outer surface of a rigid inner mold and a vulcanization step S2 for vulcanizing the green tire. The rigid inner mold comprises: an inner mold body, which is obtained from multiple segments; a core, which substantially binds the various segments; and an outer diameter adjusting means for changing the outer diameter of the core by changing the temperature of the core. Moreover. the rigid inner mold performs changes such that by expansion of the outer diameter of the core 5, the various segments move outward in the radial direction of the tire and gaps between the segments are enlarged, while by reducing the outer diameter of the core, the various segments move inward in the radial direction of the tire and the level differences R on the outer surface between adjacent segments increase. The vulcanization step S2 comprises an adjustment steps S21 for adjusting the outer diameter of the core using the outer diameter adjustment means so that the gaps G and the level differences R are within a previously established range.
US10118345B2	System and method for evaluation of a three-dimensional (3D) object during formation of the object A method for evaluating a three-dimensional (3D) object produced by a three-dimensional (3D) object printer includes generating with a scanner a first data file of the 3D object produced by the three-dimensional object printer. The first data file includes data corresponding to an interior surface and an exterior surface of the 3D object. The method further includes comparing the first data file with a second data file. The second data file is used to operate the three-dimensional object printer to produce the 3D object. The method further includes identifying differences between the first data file and the second data file and identifying a process to rectify a defect on the 3D object based on the identified differences to enable evaluation of the production of the 3D object by the three-dimensional object printer.
US10118343B1	Fabrication baseplate with anchor channels An example fabrication system includes a light source, a resin container, and a base plate on which resin is cured using the light source so as to build up an object one layer at a time. The disclosed base plate includes a build surface and an anchor channel that extends into the base plate from the build surface. The anchor channel is a recess in the base plate configured to have a narrow width that is closer to an opening to the build surface than a broad width. The base plate can also have a light source that emits light into the anchor channel to cure resin within the anchor channel. Resin anchors cured within the anchor channel to conform to the anchor channel resist being extracted, and an object formed on the build surface remains anchored during fabrication via adhesion to the resin anchors.
US10118336B2	Forming three dimensional objects A three dimensional object may be formed by forming voxels on a sheet of material and positioning the voxels together to form the three dimensional object by rolling up the sheet.
US10118325B2	Vehicle trim component A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim component is provided that includes disposing a fiber panel onto a first surface of a mold cavity. The method also includes compressing the fiber panel between the first surface and a second surface of the mold cavity to form the fiber panel into a desired shape. The method further includes injecting resin into the mold cavity to fill at least one void between the first surface and the second surface adjacent to the fiber panel.
US10118318B2	Temperature regulation mask and alignment layer pre-curing device The invention discloses a temperature regulation mask and an alignment layer pre-curing device, and is related to the field of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel. Said temperature regulation mask is suitable for the alignment layer pre-curing device for pre-curing an alignment layer, and includes a base and a pattern arranged on the base. A pattern region of said temperature regulation mask has a different thermal conductivity from a thermal conductivity of a non-pattern region of said temperature regulation mask. A position of the one having a lower thermal conductivity among the pattern region and the non-pattern region of said temperature regulation mask corresponds to a position of said alignment layer corresponding to a metallic wiring region. The present invention can obtain an alignment layer with even thickness and improve a display quality.
US10118315B1	Preparing tool surfaces for composites Techniques for producing composites outside of an autoclave that have smooth surface finishes are disclosed. The smooth composite surface, free of porosity, can be fabricated by curing the prepreg in a tool that includes a novel microstructure. In conventional composite manufacturing, some degree of porosity appears to originate from trapped gas bubbles that form during curing. The microstructure can provide a mechanism for the gas bubbles to escape from the tooling, thereby eliminating porosity and yielding a smooth surface finish on the out-of-autoclave composite. The microstructure can be applied to the tool surface using an inkjet process applying an acrylic resin curable with ultraviolet light.
US10118314B1	Fiber boxes for a concrete fiber injector The fiber boxes (60) each contain fiber (62) and are removably mounted to a fiber injector (9) for injecting the fiber (62) into a material flow stream. The fiber boxes (60) each have an enclosure (61) for containing the fiber (62), preferably a single fiber (62). An aperture 70 provides a feed hole (70) for passing the fiber (62) from an interior of the enclosure (61) to an exterior of the enclosure (61). Contacts (64) having ends disposed on an exterior of the enclosure (61), spaced apart for registering with mating contacts (54) on a fiber distribution ring (40). A frangible element (68) extends between the contacts (64) and provides electrical continuity between the two contacts (64), such that when the fiber (62) is fully withdrawn from within the enclosure (61) the frangible element (68) separates and breaks electrical continuity between the two contacts (64).
US10118311B2	Board, methods for manufacturing boards, and panel which comprises such board material Board, wherein this board substantially consists of a material mass which is pressed and which comprises at least two components, namely a first component consisting of organic material, and a second component functioning as a binding agent for said first component, with the characteristic that said material mass is composed differently in the plane of the board. The invention also relates to methods by which such board can be manufactured, as well as to panels comprising such board material.
US10118300B2	Systems and methods for providing high flow vacuum acquisition in automated systems A system is disclosed for providing high flow vacuum control to an end effector of an articulated arm. The system includes a high flow vacuum source that provides an opening with an area of high flow vacuum at the end effector such that objects may be engaged while permitting substantial flow of air through the opening, and a load detection system for characterizing the load presented by the object.
US10118293B2	Articulated arm robot-type device The invention relates to an articulated arm robot for handling a payload, comprising a robot arm (R), which is attached to a base (1) that can be rotated about a first axis (A1), and at least two arm elements (2 and 3), which are arranged to form a kinematic chain and a first arm element (2) is mounted on the base (1) to pivot about a second axis (A2) that is oriented orthogonally relative to the first axis and a second arm element (3) which is attached to the first arm to be pivotal manner about a third axis (A3) that is oriented parallel to the second axis (A2).
US10118291B2	Robotic systems for supporting a user Robotic systems for supporting a human in stationary and/or mobile applications and related methods of operation are described.
US10118290B2	Support structure for an upper half body of a robot A support structure for an upper half body of a robot includes: a columnar backbone pan extending in an upward direction from a haunch bone part of a robot; an upper half body support part connected to the backbone part; and a driving unit on which an arm unit of the robot is rotatably mounted and which has an accommodation space receiving at least a predetermined actuator for driving said arm unit to rotate from the outside of the arm unit, wherein the driving unit is connected to the upper half body support part and the haunch bone part at a first connection point on the upper half body support part which is away a predetermined distance from a connection point of the upper half body support part and the backbone part to a side thereof, and at a second connection point on the haunch bone part, respectively.
US10118286B2	Lifting device for use at a manual work station A lifting device includes a framework (2) and a manipulator arm (8) pivotally connected to the framework. The manipulator arm includes a first end portion (19) and a second end portion (13) adapted to carry a tool (20). A balancing arrangement (7; 30, 39) includes a first part (7a; 30a; 39a) connected to the framework and a second part (7b; 30b; 39b) adapted to interact with the first end portion. At least one of the manipulator arm and the balancing arrangement includes a first balancing device (11; 31; 34), which is extendable to ensure that interaction between the second part and the first end portion is maintained. The first balancing device is adapted to generate a first balancing force which maintains a moment balance about the first joint. The manipulator arm has at least two rotational degrees of freedom in a first spherical coordinate system (17).
US10118283B2	Hand-held tool The invention relates to a hand-held tool for driving fastening elements into a base, the tool having an initiating device, the actuation of which initiates a drive-in action and which can be blocked, depending on at least one state of the tool. In order to further simplify or improve the operation of the hand-held tool, a lifting magnet, associated with the initiating device, can block or enable the actuation of the initiating device.
US10118279B2	Ratchet wrench with dustproof structure A ratchet wrench includes a driving device. A compartment extends through the driving device. A drive member is received in the compartment. A ledge is formed on an inner periphery of an end of the compartment. A pressing rod extends into the drive member via the end of the compartment. The pressing rod is movable relative to the drive member along a rotating axis between a first position and a second position to control engagement with or detachment from a tool. A dustproof ring is mounted between the ledge and the pressing rod. The dustproof ring includes an outer side pressing against an abutment portion of the ledge and an inner side-pressing against the pressing rod wherever the pressing rod is in the first position and the second position.
US10118270B2	Post-process tool A post-process tool includes: a fixing bracket mounted in at least one robot; and a grinding assembly installed at one side of the fixing bracket, being moved in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and configured to grind a lamination region. The grinding assembly includes a grinding bracket mounted at the one side of the fixing bracket, a grinding motor reciprocatably installed in the grinding bracket and moving in upward and downward directions; and a grinding wheel coupled to a drive shaft of the grinding motor.
US10118266B2	Transfer robot without a wire connection between fixed and moving parts A transfer robot includes a supporting part, a moving part, a magnet unit, and a coil. The moving part is supported by the supporting part and movable along a predetermined travel path. The moving part is provided with a hand for carrying a workpiece. The magnet unit is disposed at the supporting part and extends longitudinally along the travel path. The magnetic unit generates magnetic flux that is at least partially perpendicular to the travel path. The coil is disposed at the moving part and intersects the magnetic flux. The magnetic flux varies or is different at positions along the travel path.
US10118262B2	Bearing insertion device Provided is a bearing insertion apparatus in which a movable carriage is provided on a base placed on a floor surface in a manner of being movable in a horizontal Z-axis direction corresponding to a direction in which the movable carriage moves toward or away from a housing. In addition, an apparatus main body for supporting a rolling bearing at a distal end thereof is supported such that the apparatus main body can be freely moved, by a guide mechanism, with respect to the movable carriage in a horizontal X-axis direction orthogonal to the Z-axis direction and in a vertical Y-axis direction orthogonal to both of the Z-axis direction and the X-axis direction.
US10118259B1	Corrosion resistant bimetallic tube manufactured by a two-step process A method of producing a bimetallic tubular component includes providing a first tubular workpiece having an inner diameter and a second tubular workpiece having an outer diameter. The first and second tubular workpieces have dissimilar cold-working processing parameters. The method further includes diffusion bonding the inner diameter of the first tubular workpiece to the outer diameter of the second tubular workpiece, and flowforming the diffusion bonded tubular workpieces to form the bimetallic tubular component.
US10118253B2	Method for manufacturing light source assembly A light source assembly and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The method for manufacturing the light source assembly includes the following steps. A back plate and a light bar are provided, in which the light bar includes a substrate and plural light emitting diodes disposed on a mounting surface of the substrate. The light bar is disposed on the back plate and a weld-processing area which includes an air interface is formed between the light bar and the back plate. The light bar and/or the back plate are/is melted by welding to form melted materials for filling the weld-processing area to fix the substrate on the back plate.
US10118252B2	Methods and systems for laser processing continuously moving sheet material Systems and methods for laser processing continuously moving sheet material include one or more laser processing heads configured to illuminate the moving sheet material with one or more laser beams. The sheet material may include, for example, an optical film continuously moving from a first roller to a second roller during a laser process. In one embodiment, a vacuum chuck is configured to removably affix a first portion of the moving sheet material thereto. The vacuum chuck controls a velocity of the moving sheet material as the first portion is processed by the one or more laser beams. In one embodiment, a conveyor includes a plurality of vacuum chucks configured to successively affix to different portions of the sheet material during laser processing.
US10118249B2	Laser beam welding with a spiral weld path having a first order of continuity A method of laser welding a first component to a second component includes moving at least one of a laser beam and the components via a controller along a weld path at least a portion of which is a spiral having a first order of continuity thereby welding the first component to the second component. In one embodiment, the spiral is an Archimedean spiral.
US10118244B2	Weld structure for refrigerant circuit component and welding method for refrigerant circuit component In a refrigerant circuit component or valve device, the present invention projection-welds a connector to a cap member and prevents intrusion of spatter into a refrigerant circuit. A-cylinder section in which an inside hole of the connector is open is inserted in an inside hole formed in the center of the cap member. The area between the A-cylinder section and a projection of the connector is used as a spatter generation space. The projection of the connector abuts against the cap member and is projection-welded to form a welded part. The open end of the inside hole of the A-cylinder section is crimped to pressure-join the open end to the open end of the inside hole of the cap member. Spatter is sealed inside the spatter generation space. A portion of the surface layer to which the generated spatter adheres may be removed by machining to provide a spatter-removed structure.
US10118243B2	Real time inductance monitoring in welding and cutting power supply A system and method is provided for monitoring and displaying real time information regarding the inductance of the welding circuit, such that a user can monitor the performance of a power supply to determine if the system inductance is adversely affecting the operation of the power supply, and where the system can change the output signal based on the detected system inductance.
US10118236B2	Rotary cutting tool A rotary cutting tool has a cutting tool body with a cutting end and a cutting portion adjacent to the cutting end. The cutting portion includes a first blade, which has a first finishing cutting portion and a first roughing cutting portion adjacent to the first finishing cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a second blade, which has a second finishing cutting portion and a second roughing cutting portion adjacent to the second finishing cutting portion. The first finishing cutting portion overlaps one or both of the second finishing cutting portion and the second roughing cutting portion. The first roughing cutting portion overlaps one or both of the second roughing cutting portion and the second finishing portion.
US10118234B2	Portable drilling and/or boring machine A portable drilling and/or boring machine, for workpieces, in particular workpieces that make up aeroplane structures, such as airframes, wings, cabin, etc., the machine including a jig busing for guiding a machining tool, an expansible clip for blocking the jig bushing in an opening of a screen positioned on and secured to the workpiece, the screen constituting a drilling jig, and means for moving the expansible clip in order to clamp and unclamp the jig bushing and secure the machine relative to the screen, the means for moving the expansible clip relative to the jig bushing including an electric motor, the torque and position of which are controlled.
US10118227B2	Machine tool and workpiece flattening method A machine tool includes one tip arranged on the spindle at a position that faces the table, a cutting edge position storing unit that stores therein multiple measured values that are obtained by performing measurement of the position of the tip at least two times in a state where the spindle is set at at least one phase and the tip is positioned at an identical point, a spindle tilt angle calculating unit that calculates a tilt angle of the spindle with respect to an XY-plane, based on the multiple measured values, and a coordinate system rotation unit that rotates the XY-plane about at least one of X-axis and Y-axis, based on the tilt angle of the spindle calculated by the spindle tilt angle calculating unit.
US10118219B2	Semisolid casting/forging apparatus and method as well as a cast and forged product An excellent cast and forged product that is superior in mechanical properties and has a microstructure and which may not only be a thin but also be a thick product can be made without using complicated process steps or equipment. A semisolid casting and forging method is provided in which a metal melt is teemed so that it is supercooled into a lower die in a press so controlled that the metal melt has a rate of solidification as desired, thereby preparing a semisolid slurry; an upper die is brought into contact with the semisolid slurry; and thereafter at least one of the upper and lower dies is moved relatively towards the other at a rate of movement between 0.1 and 1.5 m/sec, thereby compressing the semisolid slurry to mold it into a product. The semisolid slurry preferably has crystal grains of a grain size of 50 μm or less.
US10118217B2	Method and assembly for forming components having internal passages using a jacketed core A mold assembly for use in forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes a mold defining a mold cavity therein, and a jacketed core positioned with respect to the mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure and positioned to define the internal passage within the component when a component material in a molten state is introduced into the mold cavity and cooled to form the component. The jacketed core also includes a first coating layer disposed between the hollow structure and the inner core.
US10118208B2	Hollow spring utilizing seamless steel pipe There are provided: a seamless steel pipe formed from a cylindrical steel material billet through a hot isostatic extrusion step, wherein a depth of a contiguous flaw formed on an inner periphery surface and an outer periphery surface of the steel pipe is 50 μm or less; a hollow spring obtained by forming a hollow body in a shape of a coil or a bar or a bar with curved part from the seamless steel pipe made of spring steel and applying a surface treatment to the hollow body so that the hollow body has compressive residual stress; and a method for producing seamless steel pipe including: a billet molding step; a first heating step; a hot isostatic extrusion step; a second heating step; an extension step; a third heating step; and a pickling step.
US10118203B1	Tank assembly and methods for neutralization and decontamination of valves A tank apparatus and method for neutralizing or decontaminating valves which have been exposed to hydrofluoric acid or other contaminants wherein the valves are temporarily secured by valve holding structures provided on the interior walls of the tank so that the valves can be opened and at least partially disassembled while the valve holding structures retain the valves in the interior of the container below the fill level of a treatment fluid.
US10118195B2	Methods for depositing a transparent thin film onto substrates using an atmospheric plasma generating device Methods are disclosed for delivering a substantially homogeneous and substantially transparent single film coating comprising siloxane-containing precursor materials onto a substantially transparent substrate surface on large components via atmospheric pressure plasma deposition techniques.
US10118189B2	Fixed nozzle and pumping type cosmetic container A fixed nozzle and pumping type cosmetic container, more specifically a fixed nozzle and pumping type cosmetic container wherein, since a pumping operation is performed in a state of a nozzle being fixated when a button is pressed, it is possible to apply contents on the exactly intended place, to prevent air from flowing by opening and closing a contents discharge hole by means of an opening and closing rod, and also to minimize leakage of contents through a leakage prevention part separately provided from a contents movement part.
US10118187B1	Apparatus and method for dispersing a chemical agent An apparatus includes an intake assembly, the intake assembly including a connector, the connector configured for coupling to a pressurized liquid source. The apparatus also includes a chemical storage assembly. The chemical storage assembly is coupled to at least one outlet of the intake assembly. The chemical storage assembly is configured for at least one of (a) storing a chemical or (b) mixing a chemical with a liquid from the pressurized liquid source. The apparatus further includes an outlet assembly. The outlet assembly includes a first outlet configured for expelling pressurized liquid from the pressurized liquid source in a first direction. The outlet assembly also includes a second outlet or a nozzle for expelling the chemical, the chemical mixed with the liquid, a chemical agent, or a foam mixture in a second direction.
US10118184B2	Centrifugal separator conical rotor disc elements having radial projections, and rotors having disc elements Conical disc element (22) for a rotor of centrifugal separators, wherein the disc element has a plurality of projections (36) protruding radially outwardly or inwardly from an outer or an inner peripheral edge (28, 26), respectively, of the disc element, and rotors assembled from such disc elements.
US10118165B2	Catalyst compositions and use in heavy aromatics conversion processes Disclosed is a catalyst composition and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a first zeolite having a constraint index of 3 to 12, a second zeolite comprising a mordenite zeolite synthesized from TEA or MTEA, at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said mordenite zeolite has a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m2/g and said mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.
US10118164B2	Platinum/palladium zeolite catalyst The invention relates to a method for producing a bimetallic catalyst containing palladium and platinum on a zeolitic carrier material, to a bimetallic catalyst that can be obtained by means of the method, and to the use of the catalyst in oxidation catalysis.
US10118152B2	Zeolite material based on mesoporous zeolite The present invention relates to zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates comprising at least one mesoporous Faujasite zeolite with an Si/Al ratio which is strictly greater than 1.4 and having both the characteristics of mesoporous zeolites, the properties associated with microporosity and the mechanical properties of zeolite agglomerates without mesoporous zeolite.The invention also relates to the process for preparing the said zeolite materials in the form of agglomerates.
US10118149B2	Oscillating flow minireactor The present invention relates to an apparatus comprising a) an unbaffled reactor or microreactor having a channel defined by a pathway, and b) an oscillating flow device, wherein the channel pathway comprises a plurality of directional changes. The reactor channel has a hydrolic diameter from 0.1 mm to 10 mm. A method of making said apparatus and the use of said apparatus to carry out a process on a suspension is also disclosed.
US10118137B2	Solid product dispenser for small volume applications A solid product dispenser can be used to form a dilute liquid solution from a block of solid concentrate. In cases where only a small amount of liquid solution is needed, the solid product dispenser may dissolve the block of solid concentrate quickly and substantially uniformly to provide a solution of controlled concentration. This can be contrast with larger dispensing applications where a dispenser may dissolve a block of concentrate slowly at the start and more rapidly as the dispensing progresses, producing a solution with an average concentration higher than if only a small amount of solution were produced using the dispenser. In one example, the solid product dispenser includes a fluid distribution reservoir and a solid product reservoir positioned inside of the fluid distribution reservoir and over a platform on which the solid product sits. High pressure fluid flows between the two reservoirs, turbulently contacting the solid product.
US10118136B2	Polyimide membranes made of polymerization solutions The invention relates to polyimide membranes and to a phase inversion method for the production thereof. The polyimide membranes can be used to separate different gas mixtures.
US10118129B2	Natural-gas purification apparatus A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a part of natural-gas liquid; a heating unit; first to third carbon-dioxide separation units that separate carbon dioxide through carbon-dioxide separation membranes; a detection carbon-dioxide separation unit that further separates carbon dioxide through a carbon-dioxide separation membrane; a carbon-dioxide-flow-rate sensor that detects the amount of carbon dioxide separated by the detection carbon-dioxide separation unit; an arithmetic control device that adjusts and controls at least one of the pressure to be applied by the compressor, the cooling temperature of the cooling unit, and the heating temperature of the heat unit based on information from the carbon-dioxide-flow-rate sensor such that the amount of carbon dioxide to be separated by the detection carbon-dioxide separation unit will be higher than or equal to a prescribed amount.
US10118127B2	Catalyst for treating exhaust gas Provided is a method for reducing N2O emissions in an exhaust gas comprising contacting an exhaust gas containing NH3 and an inlet NO concentration with an SCR catalyst composition containing small pore zeolite having an SAR of about 3 to about 15 and having about 1-5 wt. % of an exchanged transition metal.
US10118121B2	Plugged honeycomb structure and plugged honeycomb segment A plugged honeycomb structure includes: a plurality of honeycomb segments, a bonding layer, and plugging portions to plug open ends of cells of the honeycomb segments. The honeycomb segment is configured so that the cells having at least two kinds of different shapes are disposed in a cross section orthogonal to an extension direction of the cells, the honeycomb segment has a center region configured by repeating units to maintain a repeated pattern including cell arrangement in which inflow cells surround an inflow cell, and a circumferential region located at the circumference of the center region, the circumferential region has open frontal area that is larger than open frontal area of the center region at the inflow end face of the honeycomb segment, the segment circumferential wall and the bonding layer have a special range of a thickness.
US10118119B2	Radio frequency process sensing, control, and diagnostics network and system A radio frequency sensing, control, and particulate matter diagnostics network and system and method and, more specifically, a radio frequency particulate filter diagnostics system comprising a housing including an inlet connected to a source of particulate matter, a particulate filter in the housing and adapted for filtering the particulate matter, and a radio frequency sensor adapted to detect conditions of abnormal particulate filter or system operation and including at least one radio frequency probe configured to be in contact with the housing for the particulate filter housing and adapted to receive radio frequency signals and a radio frequency control unit in communication with the radio frequency probe.
US10118109B1	Vacuum system for fuel degassing system A vacuum assembly includes a housing, a movable assembly positioned within the housing, and a biasing mechanism coupling the movable assembly to the housing. The movable assembly is movable between a first position and a second position within the housing to create a low pressure area between the housing and a first portion of the movable assembly.
US10118107B1	Method and system for distilling alcohol in an alcohol production process A method and system for distilling alcohol in an alcohol production process is disclosed. The method can include fermenting a mixture of water and milled grain to produce alcohol-laden beer, which can be distilled in a beer column maintained at a subatmospheric pressure to produce a vapor, primarily including alcohol, and whole stillage. Thin stillage is separated from the whole stillage. Water is evaporated from the separated thin stillage to produce first-concentrated thin stillage and at least a portion of first effect steam. Water from the first-concentrated thin stillage is evaporated with heat from the first effect steam to produce second-concentrated thin stillage and second effect steam. Water is evaporated from the second-concentrated thin stillage with heat from the second effect steam to third effect steam. At least a portion of the third effect steam is used to supply sufficient heat to the beer column for distilling the alcohol-laden beer.
US10118102B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method First vibration data is generated using first operation data corresponding to an operation on a direction input unit, and second vibration data is generated using second operation data corresponding to an operation on a press button. Then, a first vibrator of a first operation device is vibrated in accordance with the first vibration data, and a second vibrator of a second operation device is vibrated in accordance with the second vibration data.
US10118097B2	Systems and methods for automated image processing for images with similar luminosities Embodiments of systems and methods for automated image processing to improve visibility of similar luminosities in a digital media application are disclosed. The systems and methods can determine a Daltonization value based on the color palette of a frame in the digital media and modify a local contrast parameter and a local brightness parameter of the frame by applying an enhanced Daltonization process to the frame. The enhanced Daltonization technique can create a color shift in the frame. In some embodiments, after the frame is optimally Daltonized, the local brightness and contrast parameters are rebalanced to shift colors back to light hues to compensate for the initial shift to darker colors. The systems and methods can return the optimized frame to a colorblind person for view.
US10118093B2	Information processing system, information processing device, controller device and accessory An example multi-configuration game system includes a computer device including a housing, a first display on a front surface of the housing, and processing circuitry and first and second controllers configured for detachable attachment to the computer device. The game system is configurable for game play in a first physical configuration in which the first and second controllers are attached to the computer device and in a second physical configuration in which the first and second controllers are detached from the computer device.
US10118090B1	Speed dominoes systems An apparatus for electronically enhanced reimagining of the game of dominoes that moves faster than the traditional form and only requires two players instead of the requisite four. Design intent is to provide a more exciting form of a classic game for the 21st century.
US10118084B2	Anti-fatigue grip for poles The present disclosure presents a multi-purpose pole grip design in a generally conical shape to resist a user's hand from sliding off it while under axial loading. The present disclosure provides a more ergonomic and comfortable handle that requires less grip strength thus making it a prime design for poles used in sports like skiing and hiking and general walking sticks, including canes.
US10118081B2	System for providing game-related information An electronic apparatus for providing game-related information includes a computer processor, a memory device, a display screen, a transmitter, and a communication interface. The memory device stores at least one piece of computer code executable by the computer processor and data used by the computer code. The transmitter enables information to be communicated to a scoreboard. The communication interface enables information to be communicated to subscribers identified on a subscriber list stored in a database of the memory device. The computer code includes code for providing a user interface on the display screen to enable a scorekeeper to input an information item relating to a game, controlling the transmitter to transmit the information item to the scoreboard, controlling the memory device to store the information item in a memory therein, and controlling the communication interface to transmit the information item to at least one subscriber identified on the subscriber list.
US10118075B2	Golf club heads with ribs and related methods A golf club head including a first rib protruding from a rib surface of the body. The first rib comprises a first and second rib end and a first, second, and third rib portion. The third rib portion is located between the first rib portion and the second rib portion. The first, second, and third rib portions include a first, second, and third rib portion dimension, where the first and second rib portion dimensions are greater than the third rib portion dimension.
US10118074B2	Table tennis ball storage device Table tennis ball storage devices provide a convenient place to store and retrieve table tennis balls during a game of table tennis. The ball storage device has an inner storage volume for receiving and retaining table tennis balls that is accessible from two openings, one designed to place table tennis balls into the storage volume and a second designed for removing table tennis balls. The first opening may be conveniently located on a playing end of a table tennis table and the second opening may be located on either the left or right side of the table tennis table. The first opening has a different shape than the second opening.
US10118069B2	Exercise device An exercise bench for use by a person on a support surface includes a base member having a distal end, a proximal end, a top surface, and a bottom surf ace. A pair of opposing foot restraints is fixed with, and disposed above and laterally away from, the base member. A riser projects upwardly from the proximal end of the base member and includes a calf restrain trolley slidably mounted thereon. Two opposing calf restraints each project laterally away from the riser. The calf restraint trolley has a height adjustment mechanism cooperative with the riser. A base plate can be fixed with the bottom surface of the base member, and a U-shaped base extension having two legs extending away from the proximal end of the base member can be attached to the proximal end of the base member to inhibit tipping of the exercise bench during use.
US10118064B1	Adjustable isometric exercise apparatus An isometric exercise apparatus adaptable to an existing treadmill or similarly shaped platform provides a height-adjustable bar assembly and rigid supporting pole portions. The horizontal bar is vertically adjustable by selectively unclamping and sliding the bar along the vertical bars. The apparatus may be adjusted and secured in various positions for singular or combined use with the treadmill. The mounting means of the apparatus to frame portions of the treadmill allows for easy disassembly and storage of the apparatus in a closet or under a bed.
US10118062B2	Exercise apparatus and method An apparatus for exercise use, which is easy to carry, fold up, and that can be used in methods, which include workout programs to help people improve athletic performance and promote weight loss. The apparatus may include first and second U-shaped members, and first and second attachment devices, which connect first and second ends of the first and second U-shaped members, such that first U-shaped member and the second U-shaped member form a substantially rectangular shape when the apparatus is placed in an unfolded and flat state on a ground surface, and the apparatus can be placed in a folded state in which the first U-shaped member sits on top of and is substantially aligned with the second U-shaped member. The apparatus may further include first and second straps, which form a plus sign, and which together with the U-shaped members may form four substantially rectangular openings.
US10118060B2	Select Schiff base compounds for chemical agent detoxification A Schiff base compound configured to detoxify a toxic chemical agent. The toxic chemical agent includes at least one leaving group and the Schiff base compound includes an imine having at least one Lewis base and an alkyl substituent or an aryl substituent having an electron acceptor. The at least one Schiff base nitrogen is spaced way from the electron acceptor by a distance that ranges from about 200 pm to about 1000 pm.
US10118047B2	Automatic defibrillation system Several embodiments of an automatic external defibrillation system (2) comprising external interconnected defibrillator modules (4a) and (4b) are described. The modules (4a) and (4b), upon detection of ventricular fibrillation (VF) by microcomputer (100) via sensing electrodes (26) automatically insert defibrillation electrodes (14) into patient's body (6) and commence delivering defibrillating pulse from the pulse generator (102) to the patient's heart.An integral defibrillation system (300) having articulating defibrillating elements (4c) and (4d) conforming to patient's body (6) is also described.Defibrillation electrodes (14) of embodiment (2) are automatically inserted into patient's body in a helical motion, while their counterparts (70) of embodiments (60a) and (60b) are automatically inserted in an essentially downward motion.
US10118045B2	Battery protection and zero-volt battery recovery system for an implantable medical device Circuitry useable to protect and reliably charge a rechargeable battery, even from a zero-volt state, is disclosed, and is particularly useful when employed in an implantable medical device. The circuit includes two charging paths, a first path for trickle charging the battery at a relatively low current when the battery voltage is below a threshold, and a second path for charging the battery at relatively higher currents that the battery voltage is above a certain threshold. A passive diode is used in the first trickle-charging path which allows trickle charging even when the battery voltage is too low for reliable gating, while a gateable switch (preferably a PMOS transistor) is used in the second higher-current charging path when the voltage is higher and the switch can therefore be gated more reliably. A second diode between the two paths ensures no leakage to the substrate through the gateable switch during trickle charging. The load couples to the battery through the switch, and preferably through a second switch specifically used for decoupling the load.
US10118044B2	Connector block assembly An apparatus including a header mountable to an implantable housing; and an electrically conductive connector block located within the header, wherein the conductive connector block is formed from a substantially non-metallic material.
US10118042B2	Lead integrity testing triggered by sensed asystole A method includes sensing a cardiac electrogram (EGM) signal of a patient via one or more electrodes on at least one implantable medical lead. An asystolic EGM signal is detected from the patient, and a lead integrity test of the at least one implantable medical lead is initiated in response to the asystolic EGM signal.
US10118040B2	Neuromodulation using modulated pulse train A neuromodulation system comprises a plurality of electrical terminals configured for being respectively coupled to a plurality of electrodes, a user interface configured for receiving input from a user that selects one of a plurality of different shapes of a modulating signal and/or selects one of a plurality of different electrical pulse parameters of an electrical pulse train, neuromodulation output circuitry configured for outputting an electrical pulse train to the plurality of electrical terminals, and pulse train modulation circuitry configured for modulating the electrical pulse train in accordance with the selected shape of the modulating signal and/or selected electrical pulse parameter of the electrical pulse train.
US10118039B1	Patient-initiated automatic control of neural tissues A patient-initiated automatic neural tissue control system and methods of providing patient-initiated automatic control of neural tissues are disclosed. The patient-initiated automatic neural tissue control system and methods allow for patient-defined internal initiation of motor control, by initiation of the controlling signals in the contralateral motor area the patient controls (e.g., previously damaged motor areas). The patient-initiated automatic neural tissue control system and methods involve brain signals that initiate from patient-defined motor actions from the contralateral motor area of the patient's brain which stimulates brain areas near the damaged brain areas. The brain areas stimulated near the damaged brain area include brain areas adjacent to the damaged brain area and brain areas below the damaged brain area.
US10118038B2	Methods of neuromodulation Methods are provided to treat a neurological disorder in a patient by adjusting connectivity between network nodes in a brain of patient using electrical stimulation. Connectivity between network nodes may be increased by synchronous stimulation at multiple network nodes depending upon the neurological disorder. Also, connectivity may be decreased by asynchronous or randomized stimulation at multiple network nodes depending upon the neurological disorder.
US10118036B2	Neuromodulation using stochastically-modulated stimulation parameters An example of a system may include an electrode arrangement and a neuromodulation device configured to use electrodes in the electrode arrangement to generate a neuromodulation field. The neuromodulation device may include a neuromodulation generator, a neuromodulation control circuit and a storage. The storage may include a stochastically-modulated neuromodulation parameter set and the stochastically-modulated neuromodulation parameter set may include at least one stochastically-modulated parameter. The controller may be configured to control the neuromodulation generator using the stochastically-modulation parameter set to generate the neuromodulation field.
US10118017B2	Activator attachment for blood control catheters An activator attachment that can be attached to the proximal end of a catheter adapter and can activate a blood control valve within the catheter adapter.
US10118016B2	Microvascular obstruction detection and therapy A method of detecting and treating a microvascular obstruction is provided. In one embodiment, a catheter is provided for both detecting the microvascular obstruction and treating or removing the obstruction.
US10118014B2	Device and methods for targeted tissue drug delivery Representative embodiments of the present invention provide for novel, minimally invasive implantable devices and methods for targeted tissue drug delivery of cardiovascular drugs.
US10118008B2	Manifold assembly for respiratory interface device A respiratory interface device is provided. The respiratory interface device includes a manifold assembly including a manifold body and a rotational coupling. The manifold body includes an elastic portion. The rotational coupling includes a rigid conduit. The rigid conduit is rotatably coupled to the manifold body elastic portion. The rotational coupling and the elastic portion decouple the remaining portions of the manifold body from external forces applied to the rigid conduit.
US10118006B2	Methods, devices and systems for pulmonary delivery of active agents Provided herein is a method of pulmonary delivering to a subject at least one pharmacologically active agent being in a plant material, which is effected by pulmonary delivering the agent to the subject using a metered dose inhaler device that is configured to vaporize at least one pre-determined vaporized amount of the agent upon controllably heating the plant material, wherein the pre-determined vaporized amount is selected so as to achieve at least one pre-determined pharmacokinetic effect and/or at least one pre-determined pharmacodynamic effect induced by the agent in the subject.
US10118005B2	Delivery system Provided herein is a delivery system, including: (a) an optical sensor configured to detect data to create a map of a patient bodily surface; and (b) a dispenser operatively associated with the optical sensor and configured to deliver compositions (optionally including cells) to the patient bodily surface based upon the data or map. Methods of forming a tissue on a patient bodily surface of a patient in need thereof are also provided, as are methods, systems and computer program products useful for processing patient bodily surface data.
US10118002B2	Devices for injecting a substance and methods therefor A device for administering injections includes a housing having an upper end, a lower end including a bottom surface with an injection needle opening, and an axis extending between the upper and lower ends. The device includes a needle housing with an injection needle. The needle housing is disposed within the housing for moving between a retracted position and an extended position. The device has an injection actuator for commencing an injection cycle including a first stage in which the needle housing and said plunger base are coupled together and move in a first direction along the axis and a second stage in which the needle housing and the plunger base are decoupled from one another so that the plunger base is free to move away from the needle housing in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
US10117998B2	Assembly for a drug delivery device An assembly for a drug delivery device is provided, the assembly comprising an actuator which is configured to perform a setting movement in a proximal direction in order to set a dose of a drug, and which is configured to perform a dispense movement in a distal direction in order to dispense a dose of a drug. The assembly further comprises stop mechanism acting after a maximum amount of a drug has been delivered, which is configured to axially constrain the setting movement of the actuator such that the setting of a dose is inhibited, wherein a limited axial movement of the actuator is allowed.
US10117992B2	Infusion devices and related rescue detection methods Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device to deliver fluid to a body of a user involves obtaining measurement values for a physiological condition influenced by the fluid, autonomously operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid based at least in part on the measurement values, and detecting a nonactionable condition based on the measurement values. In response to detecting the nonactionable condition, delivery of the fluid is limited while maintaining autonomous operation of the infusion device. In one exemplary embodiment, the nonactionable condition is a rescue condition indicative of the user having consumed fast-acting carbohydrates, and thus insulin delivery may be automatically limited in response to detecting the rescue carbohydrate consumption.
US10117982B2	System and method for improving a heart muscle response A system for improving heart muscle response during a pre-ejection phase in the heart muscle pumping cycle requires a catheter having a pressure transducer and a fluid device mounted at its distal end. Also included is a pump connected to the proximal end of the catheter in fluid communication with the fluid device. A computer will activate the pump in response to a predetermined signal from the pressure transducer to inject and maintain an increased fluid volume in the pumping chamber of the heart for a predetermined time interval Δt during the pre-ejection phase. This supplements the isometric pressure in the heart's pumping chamber in preparation for a subsequent ejection of blood from the pumping chamber.
US10117977B2	Devices and methods for application of reduced pressure therapy The tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a suction apparatus. The sealant layer creates a sealed enclosure between it and the surface of a patient by forming an airtight seal around an area of tissue. The suction apparatus is in fluid communication with the sealant layer and together, create a closed, reduced pressure therapy system. The suction apparatus self-creates reduced pressure by decreasing the density of air molecules underneath the sealant layer by expanding the volume of the air molecules.
US10117976B2	Medical device A medical device and method are disclosed which can facilitate maintenance work of a filter for capturing a capturing target, and which can improve operability or convenience in the maintenance work. The medical device has an accommodation unit, an impeller holding unit, and a filter. The accommodation unit accommodates a capturing target which is present inside a living body. The impeller holding unit includes an impeller which causes a fluid to flow from a distal side toward a proximal side inside the living body so as to cause the accommodation unit to aspirate the capturing target together with the fluid. Here, the impeller holding unit is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the accommodation unit on a proximal side of the accommodation unit. The filter is arranged in the accommodation unit and/or the impeller holding unit, and captures at last one or more of the capturing target.
US10117975B2	Multi-modal wound treatment apparatus The wound treatment apparatus combines an internal negative pressure (vacuum) pump and an internal positive pressure (compressor) pump connectable to an external oxygen supply for providing both negative pressure wound therapy and hyperbaric oxygen wound therapy to a wound site. The apparatus also includes a user interface operatively connected to an electronic controller that monitors and actuates the vacuum and compressor pumps. The user interface and controller enables the apparatus to provide multiple modes of operation and the ability to selectively change between negative pressure therapy operational modes and hyperbaric oxygen operational modes.
US10117973B2	Methods of using water-soluble inorganic compounds for implants A method for controlling generation of biologically desirable voids in a composition placed in proximity to bone or other tissue in a patient by selecting at least one water-soluble inorganic material having a desired particle size and solubility, and mixing the water-soluble inorganic material with at least one poorly-water-soluble or biodegradable matrix material. The matrix material, after it is mixed with the water-soluble inorganic material, is placed into the patient in proximity to tissue so that the water-soluble inorganic material dissolves at a predetermined rate to generate biologically desirable voids in the matrix material into which bone or other tissue can then grow.
US10117964B2	Monolithic bodies of sintered chemically bonded ceramic (CBC) biomaterial prepared ex vivo for implantation, preparation and use thereof The present invention generally relates to the use of pre-formed bodies of Chemically Bonded Ceramics (CBCs) biomaterial for implantation purposes wherein the bodies are prepared ex vivo allowing process parameters to be optimized for desired long term properties of the resulting CBC biomaterial. More particularly, the pre-formed CBC material bodies of the present invention are sintered. The pre-formed body of CBC material is machined to the desired geometry and then implanted using a CBC cementation paste for fixation of the body to tissue. The invention also relates to a method of preparing pre-formed bodies of CBC biomaterial for implantation purposes, methods of preparing an implant thereof having desired geometry, and a method of implantation of the implant, as well as a kit for use in the method of implantation.
US10117963B2	Medical adhesives for stopping heavy bleeding and sealing leakages The present invention relates to a method that includes providing a formulation having an isocyanate-functional prepolymer and a curing component comprising an amino-functional aspartic ester of the general formula (I) applying the formulation to a cell tissue; and curing the formulation such that the loss of blood (haemostatic) or tissue fluids is staunched or leaks in cell tissues are sealed.
US10117962B2	Antipathogenic compositions Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.
US10117960B2	Air treating apparatus for pet sanitary station and methods of mounting and dosing said apparatus An air treating apparatus for a pet sanitary station, preferably an open, non-enclosed disposable cat litter box, and methods of liquid dosing and mounting said apparatus to an upper wall member integral or attached to the top of a vertical wall of the cat litter box. The apparatus comprises a moisture resistant, preferably paperboard blank folded approximately in-half forming a matchbook like folded apparatus having a top cover, bottom cover, opposing open sides, a convertible open and closing means, absorbent material attached to the bottom cover inside surface, three embodiments for liquid dosing the absorbent material whose fragrance or aroma permeates out said apparatus to treat the air above the cat litter and four embodiments for mounting said apparatus to the upper wall member. The invention includes methods to introduce the pet to a new fragrance, extend the useful life of used cat litter, mount, liquid dose the absorbent material, and open and close the apparatus.
US10117954B2	Compositions and methods for in vivo imaging This document relates to compounds useful for targeting PARP1. Also provided herein are methods for using such compounds to detect and image cancer cells.
US10117953B2	Antibody drug conjugates The present invention relates to anti-cKIT antibodies, antibody fragments, antibody drug conjugates, and their uses for the treatment of cancer.
US10117950B2	Compounds and compositions for the treatment of ocular disorders The disclosure describes prodrugs and derivatives of prostaglandins, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, kinase inhibitors, beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists and other drugs, as well as controlled delivery formulations containing such prodrugs and derivatives, for the treatment of ocular disorders.
US10117943B2	Synthetic antibody mimetic compounds (SYAMS) targeting cancer, especially prostate cancer The present invention relates to compounds which function as antibody mimetic compounds. These compounds are bifunctional/multifunctional compounds which contain at least one cancer cell binding moiety which selectively binds to prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and a FC receptor binding moiety which modulates an FC immune receptor, preferably a FcγRI receptor. Compounds according to the present invention bind selectively to cancer cells which upregulate PSMA and through that interaction, place the Fc receptor binding moiety of the compound in proximity to a Fc receptor, preferably a FcγRI receptor, which can modulate (preferably, upregulate) a humoral response in a patient to cancer cells. Through this biological action of the compounds according to the present invention, cancer cells, including metastatic cancer cells, especially prostate cancer cells can be immune regulated, resulting in the favorable therapy of cancer in a patient. Methods of using these compounds to treat cancer and/or reduce the likelihood of metastatis of cancer are additional aspects of the present invention.
US10117940B2	DPI formulation containing sulfoalkyl ether cyclodextrin An inhalable dry powder formulation containing SAE-CD and an active agent is provided. The formulation is adapted for administration by DPI. The SAE-CD serves as a carrier rather than as an absorption enhancer. The average particle size of the SAE-CD is large enough to preclude (for the most part) pulmonary deposition thereof. Following release from the DPI device, the SAE-CD-containing particles dissociate from the active agent-containing particles in the buccal cavity or throat, after which the active agent-containing particles continue deeper into the respiratory tract. The physicochemical and morphological properties of the SAE-CD are easily modified to permit optimization of active agent and carrier interactions. Drugs having a positive, neutral or negative electrostatic charge can be delivered by DPI when SAE-CD is used as a carrier.
US10117931B2	Methods for treatment of age-related macular degeneration The invention provides compositions and methods of predicting a subject's risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and methods of treating, delaying, or preventing the development and progression of AMD.
US10117926B2	Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine Described is a vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). More specifically, described is a recombinant subunit vaccine comprising the ectodomain of the RSV-encoded Small Hydrophobic (SH) protein. The ectodomain of SH is referred to as SHe. The ectodomain is typically presented as an oligomer, or pentamer. Further described are antibodies, raised against the ectodomain or specific for the ectodomain, and their use for protecting a subject against RSV infection and/or for treatment of an infected subject.
US10117910B2	Composition of natural vitamin C and fish scale collagen peptide and preparation method thereof Disclosed is a composition of natural vitamin C and a fish scale collagen peptide, comprising the following components: natural vitamin C and a fish scale collagen peptide. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the above-mentioned composition.
US10117901B2	Prophylactic or therapeutic agent for peptic ulcer, food additive for prophylactic or therapeutic use, iNOS expression inhibitor and COX-2 expression inhibitor Provided are a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a peptic ulcer, a food additive for prevention and treatment of a peptic ulcer, an iNOS expression inhibitor, and a COX-2 expression inhibitor, all of which have little side effects. The prophylactic or therapeutic agent contains a Euglena-derived material as an active ingredient. The Euglena-derived material may be Euglena, paramylon, or an acid-treated paramylon. The prophylactic or therapeutic agent is useful for the prevention or treatment of a peptic ulcer induced by psychological stress. The peptic ulcer may be a gastric ulcer. The food additive contains a Euglena-derived material as an active ingredient.
US10117900B2	MAPC treatment of brain injuries and diseases The invention relates to the treatment of various injuries, disorders, dysfunctions, diseases, and the like of the brain with MAPCs, particularly in some aspects, to the treatment of the same resulting from hypoxia, including that caused by systemic hypoxia and that caused by insufficient blood supply. In some further particulars the invention relates, for example, to the treatment of hypoxic ischemic brain injury with MAPCs, in children for example, and to the treatment of cortical infarcts and stroke with MAPCs in adults, for example.
US10117886B2	Hyaluronidase and a low density second PEG layer on the surface of therapeutic-encapsulated nanoparticles to enhance nanoparticle diffusion and circulation A delivery system comprising an organic nanoparticle, a hyaluronidase anchored or conjugated to the organic nanoparticle. The organic nanoparticle may be selected from a polymer-based nanoparticle, a lipid-based nanoparticle and nanoparticle formed by lipid-like molecules. In some embodiments, the hyaluronidase is covalently bound to a linker or spacer which, in turn, is anchored or covalently bound to the organic nanoparticle. The delivery system may also comprise an active pharmaceutical agent, a diagnostic agent, and/or a cellular membrane. The organic nanoparticle may further have a low density poly(ethylene glycol) layer on the surface. Methods for using the delivery system including for treating or diagnosing a disease are also provided. The organic nanoparticle provides enhanced diffusion/penetration through the extracellular matrix found in tumors, as well as increased circulation time in a human or animal body.
US10117885B2	Chewable lipid supplements for treating pain and fibromyalgia Composition, preferably, in the form of capsules or chewable wafers in quantities suitable for relieving the symptoms of fibromyalgia comprise formulations of phospholipids, specifically identified concentrations of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, glycolipids and phosphatidylserine along with inulin and other desirable active ingredients are described.
US10117877B2	Methods for fat reduction Disclosed herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for fat reduction, and in particular fat reduction without significant hair growth and/or additional hair growth.
US10117874B2	Combination of PI3K-inhibitors The present invention relates to combinations of at least two components, component A and component B, component A being an inhibitor of PI3K kinase, and component B being radium 223, particularly a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of radium-223. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of such combinations as described herein for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, particularly for the treatment of breast and prostate cancer as well as their bone metatases.
US10117869B2	PDE III inhibitors for treatment of asymptomatic heart failure Phosphodiesterase type III (PDE III) inhibitor or a “Ca2+-sensitizing agent” or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof is used in the preparation of a medication for the reduction of the heart size of a patient suffering from heart failure, and as a medication for the reverse remodeling of the heart of a patient with asymptomatic (occult) heart failure and their delayed onset of clinical symptoms.
US10117868B2	Systems pharmacology for treating ocular disorders A method of treating an ocular disorder in a subject includes administering to the subject subtherapeutic amounts of two or more agents that inhibit and/or blocks the activation of Gs- or Gq-protein coupled receptors or Gs- or Gq-signaling cascade in ocular cells of the subject, and/or activates Gi-protein coupled receptors, which is induced or triggered by light induced all-trans-retinal generation.
US10117864B2	Substituted N-bicyclo-2-aryl-quinolin-4-carboxamides and use thereof The present application relates to novel substituted N-bicyclo-2-arylquinoline-4-carboxamide derivatives, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combinations for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prevention of fibrotic and inflammatory disorders.
US10117858B2	Pyridine and pyrazine derivative for the treatment of CF The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
US10117853B2	Cyclic amine derivative and pharmaceutical use thereof A compound exerts a strong analgesic effect against pain, in particular, neuropathic pain and/or fibromyalgia syndrome. A cyclic amine derivative represented by general formula or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: A method of treating neuropathic pain includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of the cyclic amine derivative to a mammal. A method of treating fibromyalgia syndrome includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of the cyclic amine derivative to a mammal.
US10117842B2	Methods and materials for reducing ischemia-reperfusion injury This document provides methods and materials for reducing ischemia-reperfusion injury. For example, methods and materials for administering ABA to reduce tissue injury caused by reperfusion following ischemia are provided.
US10117841B2	Volatile organic compound formulations having antimicrobial activity The present invention includes novel chemical formulations having antimicrobial activity and their methods of use thereof. In some embodiments, the formulation further comprises at least one fungus.
US10117840B2	Sulfur(VI) fluoride compounds and methods for the preparation thereof This application describes a compound represented by Formula (I): (I) wherein: Y is a biologically active organic core group comprising one or more of an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group, to which Z is covalently bonded; n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; m is 1 or 2; Z is O, NR, or N; X1 is a covalent bond or —CH2CH2—, X2 is O or NR; and R comprises H or a substituted or unsubstituted group selected from an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group. Methods of preparing the compounds, methods of using the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are described as well.
US10117834B2	Formulations and methods for lyophilization and lyophilates provided thereby The present invention provides compositions, methods for lyophilizing compounds and making pharmaceutical compositions, and kits providing solutions and lyophilized formulations of compounds. The compositions, methods, and kits are particularly useful in pharmaceutical applications involving therapeutic agents that have low solubility at low pH and medium pH values. Certain embodiments provide methods for lyophilizing compounds in liquid solutions, which include the steps of: a) preparing aqueous solutions of a compound of interest in the absence of buffer; b) adjusting the pH to high values of pH in order to increase the solubility of the compound of interest; and c) freeze-drying the solution to provide a lyophilized solid composition. Aqueous solutions including buffer are also disclosed. Lyophilized formulations, including micronized and non-micronized powders, are provided.
US10117830B2	Stable parenteral DNJ compositions A stable pharmaceutical composition that includes an active agent selected from 1-deoxynojirimycin, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof, and a buffer, wherein the stable pharmaceutical composition is capable of being parenterally administered to a human without deleterious health effects. Pompe disease is an example of a lysosomal storage disorder. Pompe disease is caused by a deficiency in the enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). GAA metabolizes glycogen, a storage form of sugar used for energy, into glucose.
US10117829B2	Diclofenac formulations The subject invention provides improved diclofenac gel formulations.
US10117827B2	Preparations for suppressing or attenuating ocular irritancy Provided is a tear-free formulation for suppressing or reducing ocular irritancy of a pre-made cosmetic or therapeutic formulation or an ophthalmic formulation suitable for application to an eye of a subject or to a skin region surrounding an eye of a subject.
US10117826B2	Bodily lubricating and moisturizing compositions containing plant mucilage A body lubricating and moisturizing formulation utilizes a mucilage-containing extract derived from a plant such as okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (Hibiscus esculentus). The formulation may be provided as a free liquid such as a solution, suspension, foam or spray or alternatively impregnated into an absorbent solid article such as a wipe, swab, a bandage or a gauze. Application of the formulation to a mucosal or external bodily tissue result in the application of a layer of mucilage that lubricates and moisturizes the tissue as well as protects it from external damage from foreign particles and UV irradiation. The formulation may be impregnated into a cloth pad to provide an eyelid wipe.
US10117822B2	Cross-linked hyaluronic acid, process for the preparation thereof and use thereof in the aesthetic field The present invention relates, in one aspect, to the use as dermal filler of a cross-linked biopolymer compatible with the tissues of the human organism based on hyaluronic acid cross-linked with urea. The biopolymer of hyaluronic acid and urea may be applied or injected in a soft tissue of human body for tissue augmentation.
US10117816B2	Cosmetic process for treating human body odor using a 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)alkyl ketone or 2-ethoxy-4-hydroxyalkylphenol compound The present invention relates to a cosmetic process for treating human body odor, in particular underarm odor, which consists in applying to human keratin materials a composition containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)alkyl ketone or 2-ethoxy-4-hydroxyalkylphenol compound of formula (I) below: in which: R represents a hydrogen atom, or a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated (alkyl or alkenyl), C1-C18 hydrocarbon-based radical; R′ represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated (alkyl or alkenyl), C1-C18 hydrocarbon-based radical, optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group; C—X represents C═O or CH—OH. The invention also relates to the cosmetic use of at least one compound of formula (I), as a deodorant active agent.
US10117814B2	Anhydrous antiperspirant aerosol compositions An anhydrous antiperspirant aerosol composition comprising a particulate antiperspirant active system, suspending agent, carrier oil, and liquefied propellant gas, characterized in that the particulate antiperspirant active system comprises an aluminum sesquichlorohydrate of formula Al2(OH)4.4Cl1.6 to Al2(OH)4.9Cl1.1 activated with a water soluble calcium salt.
US10117803B2	Massage system A system is provided for a three-part self-massage system including three massage devices configured to be removably coupled and assembled inside one another. Additionally, the three massage devices may include zones of varying densities of foam and shaped to include contours and projections including nodules, knobs, bumps, grooves, and/or ridges, such that the massage devices may be used for varying massage techniques. In this way, the three massage devices may be combined into one compact unit for easier storage and transport.
US10117798B2	Hospital bed with patient weight and displacement sensors A system for determining a location of a patient on a hospital bed comprising: at least one deformation sensor adapted to generate a signal indicative of a deformation of a frame of the bed; a location determination unit for determining a lateral and/or longitudinal location of the patient based on the deformation of the frame. A method for monitoring an exit of a patient from a hospital bed comprising: determining a patient location on the bed based on measured deformation and generating an alarm signal if the determined location is outside a predetermined area. A weight sensing system for a hospital bed having a base with a suspended frame suspended from a fixed frame comprising: a load sensor connecting the suspended frame and the fixed frame via a suspension member which is unsecured from the fixed frame to allow free vertical movement of the suspended frame relative to the fixed frame.
US10117796B2	Hand rim Provided is a hand rim which is not slippery even when the surface is wet. A hand rim 7 includes a base material 70 and an anti-slippage layer 71 formed on the surface of the base material 70. The anti-slippage layer 71 includes an adhesive layer 71a formed on the surface of the base material 70 and particles 71b which are fixed through the adhesive layer 71a. The particles 71b are fixed so as to protrude from the adhesive layer 71a.
US10117795B2	Wheeled load transfer device with automatically-foldable barriers A transfer device for loading/unloading of a cargo such as wheelchair from a structure such as a vehicle the device having a platform movable from a deposit position at the level of the ground level to an access position at the floor level keeping the platform substantially horizontal. The platform is provided with a front safety barrier rotatable to serve as a ramp when the platform is at ground level, and with side safety barriers each substantially constituted by an articulated quadrilateral, such that when the platform is at the ground level, the side safety barriers fold down by kinematic mechanisms while preferably corresponding side ramps are made available. This arrangement allows transition of the wheelchair from/to the ground from any side of the platform, by virtue of the automatic folding of both the front and side barriers and the simultaneous presentation of the corresponding ramps.
US10117793B2	Ratio of absorbent area to outer peripheral area for disposable absorbent articles An absorbent article includes an absorbent core, a liner, and an outer cover. At least one of the liner and outer cover is stretchable. The surface area of the absorbent core is less than about 50% of the surface area of the article.
US10117790B2	Personal hygiene product with a digital element A personal hygiene product with a digital element is described. In one embodiment, a conductive sensor assembly is disposed within the personal hygiene product that includes one or more moisture sensors that generate a resistive signal indicative of saturation of the personal hygiene product when in wetting contact with menstrual fluid.
US10117786B2	Fixed and removable absorbent cores for absorbent articles Manufacturing a multiple use absorbent article includes producing an absorbent article having a liquid permeable chassis topsheet, a liquid impermeable chassis backsheet, and a chassis absorbent core sandwiched between the chassis topsheet and the chassis backsheet. The method also includes producing an absorbent insert having an insert topsheet, an insert backsheet, and an insert absorbent core. The method also includes producing a separable line of weakness within or adjacent to the peripheral sealing region, and bonding the insert backsheet to the chassis topsheet, wherein the line of weakness provides for separation of the absorbent insert into a removable portion configured to be removed from the chassis absorbent unit, and a resident portion that remains bonded to the chassis absorbent unit.
US10117783B2	Wound dressing A wound dressing comprising an absorbent layer, the absorbent layer being gathered in a longitudinal direction by one or more resilient yarns.
US10117779B2	Goggles The present invention relates to goggles, preferably extra-orbital goggles, having an outer surface defined by a pair of lens portions each having an upper and a lower peripheral wall. The upper and lower peripheral walls extend to an upper and lower peripheral edge respectively which, in use, are in contact with the wearers face. The outer surface defined by the upper peripheral walls is convex. This contributes to a goggle outer surface which is a smooth curve.
US10117777B2	System for neuroprotective therapy for glaucoma Providing neuroprotective therapy for glaucoma includes generating a micropulsed laser light beam having parameters and characteristics, including pulse length, power, and duty cycle, selected to create a therapeutic effect with no visible laser lesions or tissue damage to the retina. The laser light beam is applied to retinal and/or foveal tissue of an eye having glaucoma or a risk of glaucoma to create a therapeutic effect to the retinal and/or foveal tissue exposed to the laser light beam without destroying or permanently damaging the retinal and/or foveal tissue and improve function or condition of an optic nerve and/or retinal ganglion cells of the eye.
US10117771B2	Penile traction devices Devices and methods for treating penile aberrations include the use of traction devices. For example, this document describes devices and methods for applying longitudinal and/or contralateral penile traction forces to treat anatomical aberrations related to Peyronie's disease and other conditions.
US10117764B2	Bare metal stent with drug eluting reservoirs having improved drug retention Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions from a stent having reservoirs so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue. Features may be incorporated into the walls and bases of these reservoirs to improve securement of the drug construct.
US10117763B2	Reduced granulation and inflammation stent design A stent of the present disclosure has a variable radial force along the longitudinal length of the stent. In particular, the radial force of the center is greater than the radial force of the ends of the stent. Without being bound by theory, the radial force is affected by the strut angle θ, the wall thickness t, the number of strut pairs, and combinations thereof. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the stent has a variable strut angle θ, a variable wall thickness t, and a variable number of strut pairs. By adjusting the strut angle θ, the wall thickness t, and the number of strut pairs of the serpentine bands, the stent will have a variable radial force without the need for additional processing steps.
US10117757B2	Coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism An improved mechanism for expanding or lifting a device in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention is a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism. In various embodiments, coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanisms includes a post with a threaded exterior surface and a corresponding sleeve configured to surround the post, the corresponding sleeve having a threaded interior surface configured to interface with the threaded exterior surface of the post and a geared exterior surface. A drive mechanism can be configured to interface with the geared exterior surface of the sleeve, causing a device utilizing such a mechanism to expand or lift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.
US10117756B2	Plastically deformable inter-osseous device Described here are deformable, monolithic, stabilization implants suitable for use within bone and between bones to fuse vertebral bodies, to repair herniated discs, or to repair spinal compression fractures. The implants are introduced into a chosen site at a first, smaller height and then plastically deformed to achieve a second, but unique, pre-selected, larger height. Variations of the device provide one or more specific larger heights. The devices are suitable as intervertebral spinal fusion implants for the immobilization of adjacent vertebral bodies. Methods of and instruments for deployment of the implants are also described. Also described are variations of the device suitable as sizing instruments.
US10117753B2	Stabilizing vertebrae with expandable spacers A spinal distractor and stabilizer has resilient, conformable bone contacting sections which are separated by an expandable chamber that extends from one of the sections, and which forms a ratchet with the section, ensuring that once expanded by being filled with a substance, cannot contract absent intervention by a medical practitioner. The stabilizer may be filled with a material which solidifies, after which some or all of the device may biodegrade. The device may also be provided in separable portions to facilitate implantation. The conformable sections distribute the distraction and stabilizing force evenly over the bone surface, reducing the incidence of disruption to the integrity of the bone.
US10117737B2	Implantable systems and methods for removing specific impurities from fluids such as blood Systems and methods utilize semipermeable nanotubes in conjunction with application of controlled electrical potentials across semipermeable nanotube walls allow selective transport of charged impurities (e.g., charged impurities, ions, etc.) from a fluid into these nanotubes. Impurities collected in these nanotubes can then be removed from the fluid, (e.g., blood) as a waste stream. A collection of semipermeable nanotubes each carrying a waste stream can be aggregated and merged into a ureter for excretion thereby providing an artificial kidney system. Sensors that detect/measure various impurities may be included in the system to feed information to a microprocessor to inform on concentrations of impurities, and thereby control electrical potentials applied to the system.
US10117736B2	Low radial force filter The disclosure provides a filter apparatus and method of filtering in a body vessel. The filter apparatus comprises a filter unit and an expandable introducer designed to deliver the filter unit to the target filtering site. The filter unit attaches to the expandable introducer via a plurality of anchors on the filter unit. The expandable introducer delivers and presses the anchors to the vessel wall during implantation. After implantation, the filter unit exerts minimal or about zero radial force against the vessel wall.
US10117735B2	Biodegradable intravascular filter An intravascular filter (10) has a main filter portion (12) and an anchor portion (14). The main filter portion is made up of a number of struts (16), which form a first and a second biodegradable filter sections (26,28). The first and the second biodegradable filter sections biodegrade at different rates. The anchor portion secures the filter within a blood vessel and also has a collar (32). The first and the second biodegradable portions may have a different thickness and may be comprised of different materials. The collar may be formed from a resiliently deformable material.
US10117734B2	Mesh positioning system for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair Novel mesh implant positioning systems for use in laparoscopic body wall defect repairs, such as hernia defects, are disclosed. The systems utilize one or more bar members combined with surgical sutures and needles to position a mesh implant adjacent to a body wall defect without the need for stay sutures. Also disclosed are assemblies of the positioning systems with surgical mesh repair implants, and methods of repairing body wall defects such as hernias with the assemblies.
US10117732B2	Arrangement having at least one workpiece for sintering An arrangement (1) including at least one workpiece (2) for sintering, more particularly a dental workpiece, and having at least one support material (3), and including a sintering apparatus (4) for sintering the workpiece (2), wherein the sintering apparatus (4) has at least one gas inlet duct (5) for protective gas and at least one base surface (6), and the workpiece (2) lies on the base surface (6) on the support material (3) and protrudes at least partially beyond the support material (3), wherein the protective gas can be supplied to the workpiece (2) preferably exclusively through the support material (3).
US10117724B2	Bearing unit for air turbine When compressed air does not act, a seal member is in contact with an outer periphery of an inner ring. When the compressed air acts, a contact area between the seal member and the outer periphery of the inner ring is reduced, as compared to when the compressed air does not act. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an air turbine bearing unit capable of promptly stopping rotation.
US10117716B2	Medical manipulator system A medical manipulator system including: a manipulator provided with an elongated portion, a movable portion which has one or more joints, and a driving portion which is disposed at a proximal end of the elongated portion and which drives the movable portion; a medical device having a channel that can accommodate at least a portion of the elongated portion and the movable portion; a manipulation input portion that generates an operation instruction for moving the manipulator between a treatment state in which the movable portion protrudes from a distal end of the channel and an accommodated state in which the movable portion is accommodated in the channel in accordance with a manipulation instruction input; and a notifying portion that notifies a situation in which the manipulator is shifting from the treatment state to the accommodated state.
US10117714B2	Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector in space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and methods for their use are also provided.
US10117710B2	Endometrial lining tissue treatment device An endometrial tissue treatment device includes an elongate positioning member and an energy applicator coupled to a distal end of the positioning member, the energy applicator including a tissue contacting member and an expandable-collapsible support structure underlying the tissue contacting member, the expandable-collapsible support structure comprising a substantially non-compliant elongate balloon disposed within the tissue contacting member that, when inflated, has a length oriented substantially transverse to the positioning member, including a first closed end that positions a corresponding first corner portion of the tissue contacting member in a first cornu of a uterine cavity, and a second closed end that positions a corresponding second corner portion of the tissue contacting member in a second cornu of a uterine cavity, with a lengthwise portion of the balloon positioning a distal facing portion of the tissue contacting member for contacting a fundal wall of a uterus.
US10117709B2	Modular surgical instruments with contained electrical or mechanical systems A surgical instrument includes an elongated shaft module and a handle module selectively separable from one another. The elongated shaft module includes an elongated shaft member and a pair of jaw members supported at a distal end of the elongated shaft member, at least one of the jaw members moveable relative to the other jaw member between open and closed positions. The handle module includes a housing including an opening extending longitudinally therethrough. The opening is dimensioned to permit passage of the pair of jaw members in the closed position. The handle module also includes a movable handle movable relative to the housing to move the pair of jaw members between open and closed positions, and a lock to secure the elongated shaft module in place within the housing.
US10117700B2	Endoscopic vessel harvester with blunt and active ring dissection A vessel dissector for harvesting a target vessel has a tubular member carrying a blunt transparent tip with a terminus for blunt dissection of tissue and a base affixed to the tubular member. An active ring set has first and second ring segments mounted to distal ends of respective manipulator bars in the tubular member. The ring segments juxtapose to define a closed loop with an inner diameter larger than the outside diameter of the tip base. The ring segments are movable between a retracted position nested at the base and respective extended positions distally forward of the terminus. At least one of the ring segments is energizable to cut and cauterize a cylindrical pedicle including the target vessel. The ring segments independently extend longitudinally to provide a variable gap between the ring segments to capture, cut, and cauterize side branches to the target vessel between the ring segments.
US10117699B2	Suprapatellar insertion system, kit and method A system is provided for inserting and securing, through a suprapatellar region of a leg, a nail into a medullary canal of a bone. The system can include a flexible sleeve configured to be partially inserted in the leg. The flexible sleeve can define a leading end and a trailing end spaced apart from the leading end along a first axis. The flexible sleeve can define a first cannulation that extends along the first axis between the leading and trailing ends. The first cannulation can be sized to receive therethrough at least the intramedullary nail. The system can further include a retaining member configured support at least a portion of the flexible sleeve. The retaining member can be configured to position the flexible sleeve through the suprapatellar region of the leg such that the flexible sleeve leading end is aligned with the proximal end of the bone. The intramedullary nail can be insertable through the flexible sleeve and into the medullary canal.
US10117697B2	Mechanism for facilitating user-controlled management of webpage elements for dynamic customization of information In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating user-controlled management of webpage elements for dynamic customization of relevant information. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving, in real-time, a request for performing one or more tasks relating to dynamic customization of webpage elements relating to a webpage package. The request may be received at a first computing device over a network. The method may further include performing, in real-time, the one or more tasks.
US10117691B2	Implant for bone fixation A wedge-shaped bone implant, particularly but not necessarily, for fixing bones of the foot is provided. The implant has bone screw bores that are each configured to hold a bone screw at a particular angle for receipt in a foot bone, eliminating the need to also use a plate. The implant can include an opening that extends through the implant body from one tapered side thereof to the other tapered side thereof. This opening allows the introduction and retention of bone graft material to promote bone fusion. One or both tapered sides of the body may also have teeth, serrations or the like. The implant body may include a hole or the like in the distal aspect thereof. This allows for the insertion of a metallic component (e.g. titanium or tantalum) to allow for the visibility of the extent of the implant body in radiography, x-ray, or the like.
US10117690B2	Spinal implant system and method A spinal implant comprises a body including a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. At least one of the surfaces including a posterior linear side and an anterior arcuate side. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US10117672B2	Apparatus and method to stop bleeding A hemostatic device is provided to stop bleeding at a puncture site on the wrist of a patient, the device comprising a transparent flexible band to be wrapped at the site where the bleeding is to be stopped, a curved frame having an inner peripheral side and possessing a first curved portion in its first half and a second curved portion in its second half, a first balloon provided on the inner peripheral side in the first half of the curved frame and a second balloon provided on the inner peripheral side in the second half of the curved frame. The bleeding from a first artery is stopped by compressing the first artery at the puncture site using inflation of the first balloon and the blood flow in the first artery is increased by compression of a second artery using inflation of the second balloon.
US10117671B2	Rotational thrombectomy device A rotatable thrombectomy wire for breaking up thrombus or other obstructive material comprising an inner core composed of a flexible material and an outer wire surrounding at least a portion of the inner core. The outer wire has a sinuous shaped portion at a distal region. The inner core limits the compressibility of the outer wire. The outer wire is operatively connectable at a proximal end to a motor for rotating the wire to macerate thrombus.
US10117669B2	Medical device and treatment method A treatment medical and medical device are disclosed for cutting a substance inside a body lumen. The medical device includes a drive shaft that is rotatable; a strut that is rotatably connected to a distal side of the drive shaft, that extends along a rotation axis, and whose central portion is expandable radially outward; and a support portion that is rotatably connected to the distal side of the drive shaft, that is formed in a mesh shape and a tubular shape while including multiple gaps, at least a portion of which is positioned on a radially inner side of the strut, and that is expandable radially outward by a central portion in a direction extending along the rotation axis being bent.
US10117665B2	Retractable device to dissect and evacuate ligamentum flavum in lumbar spinal stenosis A cutting device for performing a surgical procedure includes a cannula extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a first cutting element, and a second cutting element. The cannula of the cutting device includes an inner surface defining a passageway. The first cutting element extends from the distal end of the elongated shaft so as to contact tissue. The second cutting element also extends from the distal end of the elongated shaft. The second cutting element is configured for retractable extension beyond the distal end of the elongated shaft so as to contact tissue. The cutting device also includes a deployment mechanism disposed with the proximal end of the elongated shaft for actuating movement of the second cutting element.
US10117644B2	Electrophysiological diagnostic catheter especially for obtaining of endomyocardial biopsy of heart tissue The electrophysiological diagnostic catheter obtains an endomyocardial biopsy of heart tissues. The catheter includes a manipulation handgrip, main channel, distal ring and diagnostic rings connected with electrical connections. There is a centrally located, open internal channel, wherein inlet/outlet of internal channel is located in the distal ring, or is guided and monitored using a system for 3D electroanatomical mapping.
US10117641B2	System and method for focusing ultrasound image data Sold-state intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are particularly directed to flexible and efficient systems for focusing IVUS echo data received from transducers including polymer piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasound transducers (PMUTs). In one embodiment, an ultrasound processing system includes first and second aperture engines coupled to an engine controller, which provides aperture assignments to the first and second aperture engines. The aperture engines receive the assignment and a portion of A-line data, perform one or more focusing process on the received A-line data, and produce focused data in accordance with the aperture assignment. In some embodiments, once an aperture engine has produced focused data, the engine controller clears the aperture engine and assigns another aperture.
US10117636B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic image processing apparatus, medical image diagnostic apparatus, and medical image processing apparatus Position coordinate information of each point three-dimensionally forming a tissue corresponding to a diagnosis target at each time phase is obtained, a quantitative value for evaluating the movement of the tissue corresponding to the diagnosis target is calculated by using the position information, and the result is output in a predetermined form. Accordingly, since the quantitative value for evaluating the movement is calculated by using the three-dimensional position coordinate information without converting wall movement information obtained by a three-dimensional tracking process into two-dimensional information, it is possible to provide medical information with a higher degree of precision.
US10117635B2	Electronic acoustic stethoscope with ECG A noninvasive system for detecting and processing PCG and ECG waveforms includes an electronic acoustic stethoscope and a server computer. Heart sounds of a patient are measured using an acoustic transducer of a chestpiece of the electronic acoustic stethoscope, the heart sounds are sent to an earpiece of the electronic acoustic stethoscope, and a PCG waveform is created. Heart electrical signals of the patient are measured using at least four electrodes of the chestpiece and an ECG waveform is created. The PCG waveform and/or the ECG waveform are transmitted to the server computer using a wireless communication device of the chestpiece. The PCG waveform is processed for additional PCG information and/or the ECG waveform is processed for additional ECG information using the server computer. Access to the additional PCG information and/or additional ECG information is provided to at least one client device using the server computer.
US10117614B2	Method and system for providing continuous calibration of implantable analyte sensors Method and system for providing continuous calibration of analyte sensors includes calibrating a first sensor, receiving data associated with detected analyte levels from the first sensor, and calibrating a second sensor based on a predetermined scaling factor and data associated with detected analyte levels from the first sensor, is disclosed.
US10117611B2	Biological signal measuring system and biological signal measuring apparatus A biological signal measuring system includes: a light emitter emitting a first light beam and a second light beam; a light receiver outputting first and second signals in accordance with light intensities of the first and second light beams that have been passed through or reflected from a living tissue of a subject; a first calculating section acquiring a light attenuation of the first light beam based on the first signal and a light attenuation of the second light beam based on the second signal; a second calculating section acquiring a blood-derived light attenuation based on the light attenuation of the first and second light beams; a third calculating section acquiring information relating to a blood oxygen saturation based on a change amount of the blood-derived light attenuation associated with pressurization of the living tissue; and an outputting section outputting the acquired information.
US10117610B2	Method for spectrophotometric blood oxygenation monitoring According to the present invention, a method and apparatus for non-invasively determining the blood oxygen saturation level within a subject's tissue is provided. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a spectrophotometric sensor operable to transmit light into the subject's tissue, and to sense the light; b) detecting light after passage through the subject's tissue using the sensor, and producing initial signal data from the light sensed; c) calibrating the sensor to that particular subject using the initial signal data, thereby accounting for the specific physical characteristics of the particular subject's tissue being sensed; and d) using the calibrated sensor to determine the blood oxygen parameter value within the subject's tissue.
US10117609B2	Method for distributing contact information between applications A method and system for distributing contacting information between applications is provided. The system preferably uses an ENUM-type protocol and a middleware tool kit to associate telephone numbers to other identifying information, such as e-mail addresses or URLs for web sites. The system enables the associated contacting information to be shared across multiple applications that may be implemented on a computer or a mobile telephony device. Information is shared only after verification that a requester is authorized to receive the requested contacting information.
US10117596B2	Method for diagnosing a malignant lung tumor A method to determine presence of a disease condition in a medical patient by evaluating conductivity information. Point-attributes values obtained from highly accurate conductivity data-sets taken as a function of time, over a period of time, are compared to previously determined threshold values. Z-scores may be determined to combine a plurality of point-attribute values in formulation of a composite score for a patient. Sometimes, z-scores are weighted by overall accuracy of the point-attribute in predicting presence of the disease.
US10117591B2	Impedance bootstrap circuit for an interface of a monitoring device An interface for receiving electrical signals representative of a condition of a patient and for conveying representations of the electrical signals to a processing system. The interface includes at least one amplifier circuit configured to alter an amplitude of the electrical signal, a common-mode cancellation amplifier circuit coupled to the at least one amplifier circuit and configured to reduce common-mode signal noise in the electrical signals, and a bootstrap circuit coupled to the at least one amplifier circuit and configured to increase an effective input impedance at an input of the at least one amplifier circuit.
US10117590B2	Transcutaneous measurement of hemoglobin changes to calculate estimated blood volume change during peritoneal dialysis An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for measuring change in blood volume using a transcutaneous measurement system applied to a patient's skin. The method involves placing a sensor in contact with the skin of a patient, where the sensor includes a light emitter and a photodetector. An intensity of light emanating from the light emitter is set and an initial intensity of light received at the photodetector is determined, where the light received at the photodetector has traveled through the patient's tissue. A later determination is then made of the intensity of the light received at the photodetector. A change in the blood volume is determined based on the intensity of the light emanating from the light emitter, the initial intensity of light received at the photodetector and the final intensity of light received at the photodetector.
US10117577B2	Visual field calculation apparatus and method for calculating visual field A visual field calculation apparatus capable of accurately calculating a visual field range of a user without using a complex configuration is provided. The visual field calculation apparatus includes a saccade detector that detects a saccade on the basis of a first gaze direction detected at a first timing and a second gaze direction detected at a second timing, a saccade speed calculator that calculates speed of the saccade on the basis of a time difference between the first timing and the second timing, the first gaze direction, and the second gaze direction, and a visual field range calculator that calculates a displacement vector of a saccade whose speed exceeds a first threshold, and calculates an area including a final point of the displacement vector as the visual field range of the user.
US10117573B2	Fundus photography device A fundus photography device includes: a fundus illumination optical system that illuminates a fundus of an eye by illumination light; a fundus photography optical system; an OCT optical system; an anterior chamber observation optical system for observing an anterior chamber observation image of the eye illuminated by the anterior chamber illumination light source; a first wavelength separation member that sets a first optical axis commonly shared by the fundus illumination optical system and the fundus photography optical system to be coaxial with a second optical axis commonly shared by the OCT optical system and an anterior chamber observation optical system; and a second wavelength separation member that forms the second optical axis by setting an optical axis of the OCT optical system to be coaxial with an optical axis of the anterior chamber observation optical system.
US10117570B2	Non-invasive spectrophotometer and related method The present invention provides for a device for use in non-invasive inspection measurement and/or monitoring of a human or animal subject's eye, the device having a first optical system which comprises illumination means for selectively directing illumination light onto a selected structure of the eye for direct and diffuse reflectance there from and for providing the illumination light in one or more pulses, receiving means for receiving light returning from the eye as a result of illumination by the illumination light and arranged to record the returning light intermittently at a selected timing relative to the pulse(s) of illumination light so as to discriminate between directly or diffusely reflected light returning from the selected structure and other reflected light for analysis of the said directly or diffusely reflected light.
US10117551B2	Handheld vacuum cleaner A handheld vacuum cleaner including a housing having a front end, a back end, a first side, and a second side, a handle having a longitudinal axis that extends in a direction toward the front and back ends of the housing, a suction source, and a cyclonic separator. The cyclonic separator includes a cylindrical wall having a first end and a second end, a first end wall located at the first end of the cylindrical wall, a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, a debris outlet adjacent the second end of the cylindrical wall, and a longitudinal axis surrounded by the cylindrical wall and the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separator extends in a direction toward the first and second sides of the housing. The housing includes an aperture that extends through the first side, and the first end wall of the cyclonic separator is removable through the aperture.
US10117550B1	Surface cleaning apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus comprising a hand vacuum cleaner having a cyclone unit and a cyclone unit electrical connector provided at the front end of the cyclone unit at a location adjacent a hand vacuum cleaner air inlet, wherein electrical cables extend rearwardly from the electrical connector through a central portion of the cyclone unit toward the suction motor and fan assembly.
US10117548B2	Foam producing apparatus and method A foam dispenser includes a dispensing outlet, a pre-mixing chamber receiving liquid from a liquid source and air from an air source, a mixing chamber downstream of the pre-mixing chamber and proximate the dispenser outlet, and a first conduit coupling the pre-mixing chamber to the mixing chamber.
US10117546B2	Appliance for cooking by air flow Provided is an appliance for cooking and/or reheating food, which includes: a housing having a cooking vessel arranged such as to receive the food to be cooked and/or reheated, and a circuit for heating by ventilation including an air duct arranged such as to channel and direct a flow of hot air onto the food to be cooked and/or reheated, wherein the air duct has at least one cross-section in which a geometric size of the channeled air flow is limited such as to reduce a turbulence of the air flow flowing downstream from said at least one section of the air duct.
US10117534B2	Tray with cupholders and hand-holes A tray comprises a base board portion, first to sixth side wall portions, and a first cupholder portion. The side wall portion extends vertically from the base board portion. Each of the two fifth side wall portions is extended from a side edge of the second side wall portion, bent vertically, and disposed so as to overlap and fixed with a part of the first or third side wall portion, forming first and second corners. Likewise, the two sixth side wall portions are provided. The first cupholder portion is disposed at the first corner between the first and second side wall portions, and comprises a horizontal cut-out over the second side wall portion and the fifth side wall portion, which is pushed inwards forming a cupholding space. The horizontal cut-out of the first cupholder portion is disposed through a middle high portion of the first corner.
US10117532B2	Hot liquid safety pitcher A pitcher for safely receiving, transporting and decanting a hot liquid includes a body with first and second openings, and a bottom cover removably attached to the body. An opening baffle near the first opening reduces the hot liquid flow rate through the first opening during decanting, and a funnel near the second opening directs the hot liquid through the second opening when receiving the hot liquid. The funnel directs the hot liquid from the second opening to the first opening if the hot liquid exits the second opening during decanting. The pitcher includes an elongated handle, a fin for dividing the hot liquid during decanting, and a scalloped outer sidewall for limiting contact with a user's hand.
US10117529B2	Three side shoppable quick assembling display hutch A display hutch is provided that can be made from three components adhered together to form a flat compact structure suitable for shipping. The compact structure can be positioned upright and converted into the display hutch by pushing down on support halves or by rotating inwardly side shelf panels and front shelf panels.
US10117525B2	Uni-body merchandiser A merchandiser including a case defining a product display area and having a base and a rear wall coupled to the base. The rear wall has a rear wall component that defines a channel. The case further includes a plurality of shoes partially disposed in the rear wall component within the channel and positioned below the base to support the case on a surface. Load-bearing foam insulation material is disposed in the channel and partially encloses the shoes. The shoes and the rear wall component are coupled together by the load-bearing foam insulation material.
US10117518B2	Lumbar support adjuster The disclosure herein relates to lumbar support adjustment for a chair. More specifically, the disclosure related to a lumbar support adjustment mechanism that moves forward and aft relative to the user.
US10117517B2	Removable back rest A removable backrest is attached to a cooler in such a manner that does not interfere with the opening or closing of the lid nor does it interfere with the sealing mechanism of the cooler. The removable backrest inserts into existing slots positioned in the walls of certain commercially available coolers. The angle of the frame permits a user to sit on the complete lid of the cooler and lean against the backrest. While the backrest is in position, the lid may be opened or closed at the user's convenience.
US10117515B2	Electrically integrated salon styling chair with ergonomic equipment caddy A salon chair with rail system and an integral electrical supply. A salon chair that includes an integrated tool work station (with multi-use containers, utility tray and articulating arm) with the capacity to hold a hair dryer, curling irons, clippers and the like at the rear of the chair. The chair is powered by an integrated electrical power source inside the rear of the chair seat whereby the power is supplied through to the base of the chair. The power source may be connected to an outlet under the chair or concealed under a power extension with cord cover (preventing trips and falls), or may be otherwise coupled to utility power. A caddy adapter kit. The caddy adapter kit including a frame in which a user configurable array of containers may be disposed. The frame being attachably mounted to the back of a styling or salon chair by a band encircling the chair back, or optionally with the frame being fixabaly attached to the chair back by screws or the like.
US10117498B2	Reservoir for a viscous or liquid cosmetic product and an assembly comprising a cosmetic applicator A reservoir for a cosmetic viscous or liquid product. The reservoir includes a body and a wiper, the reservoir being designed so that a cosmetic applicator, which includes a core and bristles mounted on the core, can be moved from the inside of the reservoir to the outside of the reservoir through the wiper. The wiper includes a tubular sleeve and a multiplicity of ribs disposed on the tubular sleeve. The ribs longitudinally extend along a longitudinal direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the sleeve, and are tapered in a radial direction from the inner wall of the sleeve toward the inside of the sleeve. Moreover, the ribs are arranged on an inner wall of the sleeve and guide the bristles of the cosmetic applicator during its passage through the wiper.
US10117493B2	Anetras kool head dryer cover The Salon Hair dryer Hood Cover was invented by taking a bath towel and poly cotton blend material, placing them together and cutting them 3 ft and 8 in long and 2 ft wide; Cut the covers off the towel, pin together fold down 1 in, stitching together, Slide the elastic through the corners, creating the hood. Attach your strap to the hood, which are used to tighten the hood around the salon hair dryer. This will keep the heat inward. Thus eliminating longer dryer time under the hair dryer. Attach four straps to hood, which are used to tighten the hood around the salon hairdryer This will keep the heat inward. Thus eliminating longer dryer time under the hair dryer.
US10117492B2	Hair dryer holder system The present invention is a hair dryer holder system that can automatically control the movements of a hair dryer mounted thereon in a desired distance according to the movements of the hair brush/comb during the hair styling operation. The hair dryer holder system is a computer aided pivoting device having a tracking system to track the movements of the hair brush/comb and pivot means to provide rotation on orthogonal pivot axis (x, y, or z axis), and can be used to allow the hair dryer mounted thereon to rotate with three degrees of freedom. The hair dryer holder system is programmable to align with the movements of the hair brush/comb in a desired distance and angle to achieve an automatic and hands free hair dryer.
US10117484B1	Electronic toy bank The invention is directed to an electronic toy bank. The electronic toy bank may be utilized by a child to learn how to manage funds corresponding to an external account and may also be associated with a payment device operated by a child. The child may utilize a transfer device to communicate information to the electronic toy bank, where the information can indicate an amount to be transferred from a first external account to a second external account associated with the child. Upon authorization of the transfer, the electronic toy bank may send instructions to a remote server computer to update information associated with the first external account and the second external account according to the amount. The electronic toy bank can update information displayed on its display screen to reflect a balance associated with an external account, allowing the child to easily see their current savings.
US10117482B2	Wearable electronic device A wearable electronic device is provided, including a main body, a flexible member, a connecting member, and a first hinge. The connecting member is connected to the flexible member and has a hook portion. The first hinge is disposed on the main body and detachably engaged with the hook portion, such that the connecting member is pivotally connected to the main body.
US10117471B2	Multipurpose garment A multipurpose garment has an elongate body portion formed from one or more pieces of material that is generally rectangular in shape defined by top and bottom vertical edge portions and top and bottom horizontal edge portions, and left and right sleeve portions. In embodiments, the multipurpose garment is manufactured using a flatbed knitting machine employing a knit-in technique such that there is no visible seem between the body portion and the sleeves.
US10117465B2	Vaporization device systems and methods Vaporizer devices and apparatuses are provided. In some implementations, a cartridge for use with a vaporization device comprises a wick, a resistive heating element in contact with the wick, a heater chamber configured to be disposed within a receptacle of the vaporization device, a plastic enclosure defining at least a portion of the heater chamber, and heater contacts comprising exposed contact tabs and fixation sites disposed proximate to opposite sides of the heater chamber, the heater contacts having surfaces defining at least a portion of the opposite sides, the exposed heater contact tabs positioned and configured to electrically couple with contacts within the receptacle. The resistive heating element is attached to and suspended between the fixation sites, the plastic enclosure is configured to receive the surfaces, and the heater chamber comprises at least a portion of the resistive heating element and at least a portion of the wick.
US10117464B2	Voice control method for electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette The invention is related to a voice control method for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette, used for performing vocal praising when a one-time smoking duration exceeds a longest one-time smoking duration. The method executes the following steps when a smoking signal is received: S1, an electronic cigarette starts an atomization operation, and times a current one-time smoking duration; S2, determine whether the current one-time smoking duration is greater than a longest one-time smoking duration recorded in the electronic cigarette, and if yes, proceed to step S3, otherwise, proceed to step S4; S3, a voice praising a user is played, and the longest one-time smoking duration is updated using the current one-time smoking duration, and the method enters step S4; S4, the method waits for the smoking signal to be received once again, and when the smoking signal is received, proceeds to step S1.
US10117463B2	Vapor delivery device A vapor delivery device for the delivery of a dose of vaporizable material includes a detachable dose cartridge having an oven. The oven is configured to contain a vaporizable material and at least oven vent configured to allow the flow of the vapor to a delivery port. The oven may be detachably attached to the dose cartridge. A detachable dose cartridge or oven may be sealed and have a dose of vaporizable material that is inaccessible inside. The vapor delivery device may accommodate organic, resin, prepackaged or liquid vaporizable materials. The oven vent or vents are configured to be either blocked or covered to substantially eliminate vapor escaping from the oven chamber. An oven chamber or oven closure, may be configured to rotate to trap vapor within the oven. In another embodiment, an oven is configured with a plunger that traps vapor within the oven.
US10117460B2	Electronic smoking article and associated method Smoking articles, and methods for forming such smoking articles, such as an electronic smoking article, are provided. An exemplary smoking article comprises a control body portion having a control body engagement end, and having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion includes a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further includes a consumable arrangement comprising at least an aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element operably engaged therewith, and a second control component. At least the consumable arrangement is configured to be in communication with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions.
US10117457B1	Removable filter for a smoking pipe A device to be placed in the bowl of a pipe that permits smoke to pass while blocking the material of a burning charge is described. The device includes a screen with a U-shaped staple passing through two holes in the center of the screen. The two points of the staple may be temporarily compressed to pass through the screen, then the points spread so as to make a friction connection with the insides of the bowl, which removably secures the screen in place. The device is free of other holding structures, such as straps. The device is adapted so that a thumb and forefinger may easily grasp the top of the staple for insertion and removal in a bowl. In an embodiment the points of the staple are adapted to push through the screen, creating the holes. An embodiment is adapted to be used in a drainpipe.
US10117451B2	Beer-flavored beverage Provided is a beer-taste beverage, including: (A) proline; and (B) dehydroascorbic acid, in which: a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), [(B)/(A)], is from 0.001 to 1,000; the beer-taste beverage has a pH of from 2 to 5; and the beer-taste beverage has a content of ethanol of less than 1 mass %.
US10117449B2	Extrusion process The present invention relates to a process for the production of extruded formulations (=extrudates) comprising dispersion droplets, to such formulations as well as to the use of such formulations in food, feed, personal care applications.
US10117436B2	Antimicrobial polymeric compositions A compound having the formula: wherein n, y, R1 and R2 are defined herein, and others, methods of making of and using, and compositions made thereby which have an antimicrobial resistance effect are described.
US10117414B2	Arrangements for supporting an animal under investigation while monitoring one or more brain processes Mobile platforms and air table arrangements for supporting an animal under investigation include a mobile platform and an underlying air table platform that defines a perforated upper surface and a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with a source of air under pressure. The mobile platform is adapted to glide over the perforated upper surface and includes a base defining an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface, at least one sidewall circumscribing the upwardly facing surface, and at least one partition wall dimensioned and arranged to divide the downwardly facing surface into a plurality of downwardly facing open compartments. The base defines a first profile having a first maximum dimension, and the perforated upper surface defines a second profile having a second maximum dimension, such that the ratio of the second maximum dimension to the first maximum dimension is less than 2 to 1.
US10117409B1	Soybean variety 01064756 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064756. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064756. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064756 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064756 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10117400B1	Soybean variety 01064185 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064185. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064185. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064185 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064185 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10117392B2	Petunia-calibrachoa hybrid plant named SAKPXC017 A petunia-calibrachoa plant designated SAKPXC017 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC017, the plants of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC017, to plant parts of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC017, and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC017 with itself or with another variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC017, methods for producing other lines or plant parts derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC017, and the plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC017 with another variety.
US10117390B2	Use of genic male sterility gene and mutation thereof in hybridization The present invention belongs to the field of biotechnology, in particular to a hybrid breeding method for maize, which comprises sterile line reproduction and hybrid seed production, and more particularly to plant FL1 gene or alleles thereof, as well as mutant plants produced by the variation of the gene.
US10117371B2	Trench scoop device A trenching tool including an elongated pole having a bottom end connected to an elbow construction. A hollow cylindrical tube is movably mounted to the bottom end of the elbow construction. The tube is opened on both ends allowing loading of and emptying material scooped from the trench. An adjustable connection secures the tube to the elbow construction.
US10123460B2	System and method for thermal management of electronic devices A thermal management system and method for electronic devices is provided. The system includes an electronic device, a heat sink, and a thermally conducting and electrically insulating thermal bridge that is interposed between the electronic device and the heat sink. The thermal bridge thermally couples the electronic device to the heat sink and electrically isolates the electronic device from the heat sink. The electronic device, the heat sink, and the thermal bridge are mounted on a same planar surface of a printed circuit board.
US10123438B1	Electronic apparatus and method of manufacturing same To provide an electronic apparatus which enables manufacturing costs to be reduced and a range of selection of materials for resin components to be widened. An electronic apparatus includes a case, a cable drawn out from the case, a bonding intermediating member that is made of a resin and joined to the cable, a cylindrical clamp holding the cable, and a sealing resin part filling an internal space defined by the case and the clamp. The cable has a core wire and a sheath that is made of a resin covering the core wire and the core wire is exposed not to be covered by the sheath at an end of the cable. The bonding intermediating member has a cylindrical base covering an outer circumferential face of the sheath and an extension part extending from the base and bonding to the sealing resin part. The bonding intermediating part is fixed to the cable by welding the base onto the sheath.
US10123434B2	Coupler and head mounted display device A head mounted display device is provided. The head mounted display device includes a main frame including a lens, a front case including a seating area in which an electronic device is seated, a peripheral area that surrounds at least a portion of a periphery of the electronic device, a connector holder that is horizontally movable from one side of the peripheral area and that is electrically connected to a connection port of the electronic device while surrounding at least a portion of one side of the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted, and a fixing holder that is horizontally movable from one side of the peripheral area and that surrounds a portion of an opposite side surface of the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted.
US10123426B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device, printed board and manufacturing method of the semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a component built-in board in which at least a first core layer on which a first electronic component is mounted, a second core layer on which a second electronic component is mounted, an adhesive layer arranged between the first core layer and the second core layer, and wiring layers are stacked; a third electronic component mounted in a first core layer side of the component built-in board and electrically connected to the at least one of the first and second electronic components through the wiring layers; and an external connection terminal formed in a second core layer side of the component built-in board and electrically connected to at least one of the first and second electronic components.
US10123422B2	Coil component and circuit board having the same Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum-shaped core having a first flange part provided at one end of a winding core part, first to fourth terminal electrodes formed on the first flange part so as to be arranged in this order in a second direction, and first to fourth wires wound around the winding core part. One ends of the first to fourth wires are connected to different ones of the first to fourth terminal electrodes. The first and second terminal electrodes are not symmetrical with the third and fourth terminal electrodes so that the third and fourth terminal electrodes are offset outward compared with the first and second terminal electrodes.
US10123418B1	Circuit board structure and manufacturing method thereof A circuit board structure including an insulating layer, first and second dielectric layers, and first and second inductors is provided. The insulating layer includes a first surface, a second surface, and a first conductive through hole. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the first surface. The first inductor is disposed on the first surface and includes a first conductive coil in a solenoid form penetrating the first dielectric layer and a first magnetic flux axis of which the direction is substantially parallel to the first surface. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the second surface. The second inductor is disposed on the second surface and includes a second conductive coil in a solenoid form penetrating the second dielectric layer and a second magnetic flux axis of which the direction is substantially parallel to the second surface. A manufacturing method of a circuit board structure is provided.
US10123416B2	Vehicular wiring structure A vehicular wiring structure includes a panel and a printed wiring part. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a flat face of the panel, a conductive member is printed on the flat face directly. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a non-flat face of the panel, a film on which a conductive member is printed is pasted to the non-flat face.
US10123415B2	Wiring substrate and production method therefor A wiring substrate includes a surface layer having electrical insulation properties and a connection terminal having electrical conduction properties and protruding from the surface layer. The connection terminal includes a base portion, a covering portion and a filling portion. The base portion of the connection terminal is made of an electrically conductive first metal and located adjacent to the surface layer so as to extend through the surface layer and protrude from the surface layer. The covering portion of the connection terminal is made of an electrically conductive second metal having a melting point lower than that of the first metal and located so as to cover the base portion. The filling portion of the connection terminal is made of at least one of the second metal and an alloy containing the first and second metals and located so as to fill a hollow in the base portion.
US10123411B2	Printed wiring board A printed wiring board includes an insulating sheet, a conductive layer formed on one main surface of the insulating sheet, and an insulating film laminated with an adhesive layer on the main surface of the insulating sheet formed with the conductive layer. The position of an end part of the insulating film is located outside the position of an end part of the adhesive layer.
US10123403B2	Intelligent control of backlighting or other pilot lights on wall switch or the like A method includes retrieving a current lighting state of at least one luminaire. The lighting state includes light intensity of the at least one luminaire. The method also includes retrieving a sensor state of at least one sensor and determining a next selectable lighting state available for the at least one luminaire and an illumination adjustment for a user interface element of a lighting control device configured to control the luminaire. The determining of the next selectable lighting state available includes comparing the current lighting state and the sensor state to a set of intelligent backlighting rules, and based on the comparison, determining an indicator state corresponding to the illumination adjustment to the user interface element of the lighting control device. The illumination adjustment produces visible output to the user via the user interface element as a visible cue to guide the user to select the next lighting state.
US10123396B2	System for displaying information on interactive illuminated apparel and accessories A system for displaying symbols, signals, or other information through light sources that are incorporated into the material of wearables, i.e., apparel or accessories. LEDs are incorporated into a garment to which a controller is attached to control the LEDs, and a battery is attached to power the electronic components. The garment is programmed with different patterns that can provide information to the wearer or to others, and is connected to a device, such as a cellular telephone, smartwatch, or activity band, that the wearer can use to control the light sources embedded in the garment.
US10123390B2	Energy management control for solar-powered lighting devices This invention relates to a method of controlling the light output of a solar-powered lighting device. The lighting device comprises a light source, a battery connected to the light source, a solar-power generator including a charger connected to the battery, and a control unit for performing the light output control. The method comprises: —charging the battery while solar-power is generated; —acquiring local day-light data; —repeatedly: —acquiring, at predetermined time intervals, local weather forecast data covering a predetermined time period, and determining a lighting output profile for the predetermined time period; and —driving the lighting device according to the lighting output profile, wherein said determining a lighting output profile comprises: —predicting a lighting demand for the predetermined time period on basis of first environment light data, which first environment light data comprises the local day-light data; —predicting a battery capacity for the predetermined time period on basis of a present energy storage level and second environment light data, which second environment light data comprises the weather forecast data and the local day-light data; and —determining the lighting output profile on basis of the lighting demand and the battery capacity under consideration of keeping the energy storage level above a predetermined minimum level during the predetermined time period.
US10123382B2	Constant voltage and current synchronic output power supply and television A constant voltage and current synchronic output power supply and a television are disclosed. The constant voltage and current synchronic output power supply comprises a transformer for supplying power to LED loads, a conversion circuit for converting an inputted AC power supply to a DC square wave power supply that is provided to the transformer, a PWM control circuit for driving the transformer, a constant voltage control circuit and a constant current control circuit, the transformer comprises a constant voltage output winding and a constant current output winding, wherein the constant voltage control circuit is configured for sampling voltages outputted by the constant voltage output winding then transferring the sampled voltages into the corresponding signals that are feedbacked to the PWM control circuit, to perform constant voltage control on the output voltage of the transformer.
US10123381B2	Filament circuit for lamp powered via ballast Filament circuits (1) for lamps (5) powered via ballasts (6) comprise first filament-inputs (11) coupled to first ballast-outputs, second filament-inputs (12) coupled to second ballast-outputs, first circuits (13) comprising resistive components, second circuits (14) comprising reactive components, direct-current paths between the first and second filament-inputs (11, 12) whereby series configurations of the first and second circuits (13, 14) comprise these direct-current paths, and filament-outputs (15) coupled to a driver-input of a driver (3) for driving a light source (4) of the lamp (5). These filament-outputs (15) may correspond with the first filament-inputs (11), or with the second filament-inputs (12). The resistive components may comprise first resistors (16). The reactive components may comprise first capacitors (17) with the second circuits (14) comprising parallel configurations of the first capacitors (17) and second resistors (18), or the reactive components may comprise inductors (20). The first circuits (13) may comprise parallel configurations of the first resistors (16) and second capacitors (19).
US10123378B2	Electric heating system for a fluid line system A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
US10123377B2	Radio resource management in a telecommunication system By first determining whether network conditions make it possible and necessary to assist the network in supporting communication devices in comparatively poor radio coverage, and then periodically determining what type of assistance would best improve the overall network performance, a cellular telecommunications network is dynamically adapted to improve overall network performance without requiring the introduction of new network equipment. In one example, the dynamic activation of the radio coverage assistance serves to reduce problems associated with users at the cell edge, resulting in improvements in overall cell capacity.
US10123370B2	Device-to-device (D2D) operation method carried out by terminal in RRC connection state in wireless communication system, and terminal using the method Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method carried out by a terminal in an RRC connection state in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method is characterized by: determining whether a communication link with a base station is problematic; and transmitting a D2D signal using an exception resource, when the communication link with the base station is determined to be problematic.
US10123361B2	Method and device for controlling quality of service in wireless LAN A method for transmitting/receiving, by a User Equipment, a signal in a mobile communication system includes: transmitting an authentication request message to a wireless LAN; receiving an authentication response message corresponding to the authentication request message from the wireless LAN; and transmitting, to a base station, a message for supporting a multi-connection mode based on the authentication response message. It is possible to generate an access connection or to provide a QoS setting when simultaneously accessing a 3GPP system and a non-3GPP system and transmitting/receiving data, so that a more improved method and device for transmitting and receiving data can be provided to a user.
US10123357B2	User equipment and method for resource allocation To solve a problem that unless all of a plurality of AICH signature states are correctly decoded, the contents of reception results cannot be recognized and the error rate of signature decoding will be high. In this embodiment, a base station uses, out of a signature combination, the signature of at least one predetermined position to indicate information containing a preamble reception result and uses the signature of a position other than the predetermined position to indicate a transmission profile information number of an uplink channel for notification to a user equipment. Thus, the error rate related to reception results can be reduced as compared with the case where a single signature combination is used to notify all pieces of information.
US10123343B2	Channel state information transmission for multiple carriers Channel state information is reported in periodic and aperiodic reports for multiple component carriers or serving cells. Channel state information may be reported for a subset of aggregated downlink carriers or serving cells. For an aperiodic report, the carrier(s)/serving cell(s) for which channel state information is reported may be determined based on the request for the aperiodic report. A report collision may occur in a subframe between a periodic CSI report for a first serving cell and a report for a second serving cell. A priority rule may be used to resolve the report collision.
US10123337B2	BS and UE, and interference cancellation methods used in the same The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a BS for facilitating IC at a UE and an associated BS. The method includes predefining one or more sets of transmission parameters, where one or more of the transmission parameters in the one or more sets are constrained to take values from respective reduced sets of values out of the values available for the respective one or more transmission parameters, each set of the one or more sets of transmission parameters being identifiable by a unique indication. The method further includes configuring a transmission of the BS, which is to interfere downlink transmissions to the UE from a serving BS of the UE, by using one of the predefined one or more sets of transmission parameters. The present disclosure also relates to a method in a UE for IC and an associated UE.
US10123334B2	Terminal apparatus communication with a base station apparatus by carrier aggregation and base station apparatus communication with a terminal apparatus by carrier aggregation A communication system includes a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus by carrier aggregation using a plurality of serving cells, where each of the plurality of serving cells has a different frequency. In addition, the terminal apparatus removes a measurement identity relevant to a serving cell of the plurality of serving cells based on that the serving cell was removed.
US10123333B2	Media access control (MAC) address identification The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes establishing a first wireless communication channel between a first device and a second device. The method also includes accessing, by an application executing on the first device, a transmitter of a first device to transmit to a second device one or more signals configured to cause an occurrence of an event on the second device. The one or more signals are transmitted over a second wireless communication channel between the first device and the second device. The method further includes receiving, from the second device over the first wireless communication channel, information representing a media access control (MAC) address of the first device, and storing, on a storage device accessible by the first device, a representation of the MAC address of the first device. The MAC address is associated with the second wireless communication channel.
US10123331B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting feedback frame in wireless local area network system Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a feedback frame in a WLAN system. More specifically, the first wireless STA receives a feedback request field, including an LTF, from a second wireless STA. The first wireless STA configures feedback information about a wireless channel corresponding to a predetermined frequency band using the feedback request field. The first wireless STA transmits the feedback information to the second wireless STA.
US10123329B2	Long training field in uplink multi-user multiple-input multiple-output communications Embodiments for long training field (LTF) sequences or other types of sequences in uplink multi-user multiple-input multiple-output communications are provided. The LTF sequences can permit channel estimation, including determination of carrier frequency offsets. In some embodiments, an LTF sequence can be formatted and/or conveyed without reliance on pilot tones. In other embodiments, the LTF sequence can rely on pilot tones, where a sequence associated with the pilot tones can include elements that are orthogonal among transmitter station devices that communicate according to MU-MIMO.
US10123321B2	Decoding control information received over a control channel A User Equipment (UE) receives a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) at subframe k and decodes at the subframe k a set of PDCCH candidates including L control channel elements (CCEs). The L CCEs are contiguously located from a position given by using a variable of Yk and a modulo (N/L) operation, where N represents a total number of CCEs in the subframe k, Yk is defined by Yk=(A*Yk−1)mod D, and A and D are predetermined constant values. When k=0, Y−1 is determined based on a UE identifier having 16-bits.
US10123314B2	Method and apparatus of activating/deactivating secondary carriers in mobile communication system using carrier aggregation A method for activating/deactivating secondary carriers of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method comprises, receiving a control message including an activation/deactivation Control Element (CE) in a first sub-frame from a Base station, identifying an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier based on the control message, determining whether a current sub-frame is a second sub-frame or not, performing at least one first operation for the at least one secondary carrier in a second sub-frame, and performing, when the activation/deactivation CE indicates deactivation of the at least one secondary carrier, at least one second operation for the at least one secondary carrier no later than the second sub-frame.
US10123301B2	Techniques for transmitting and receiving paging messages over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes receiving a transmission including a paging group indicator and an indication of a time window. The transmission may be received at a user equipment (UE) over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The first method may also include monitoring, based on the paging group indicator, the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band during the time window to receive an asynchronous paging message from a base station. A second method includes transmitting the transmission over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band; performing a number of clear channel assessments (CCAs) on the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band during the time window; and transmitting the paging message over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band at a transmission time during the time window. The transmission time may be based on a result of at least one of the CCAs.
US10123298B1	Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on detection of whether it is moving or stationary A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region. The wireless terminal measures samples of a predetermined form of energy in its vicinity. The disclosed technique then generates a characterization of a predetermined type of variation in the vicinity of the wireless terminal, based on the samples measured. Based on the characterization, the technique generates an estimate of whether the wireless terminal is moving or stationary. The technique then generates an estimate of the location of the wireless terminal, based on the estimate of whether the wireless terminal is moving or stationary. The location estimate can be based on i) applying a location estimate that is optimized for motion if the wireless terminal is estimated to be moving and ii) applying a different technique if the wireless terminal is estimated to be stationary.
US10123297B1	System, method and devices for performing wireless tracking A system and method for locating a target device. A calibration process is performed by taking a number of measurements utilizing a host device receiving wireless signals from a number of environmental devices at points along a pattern. Signal strength is analyzed for each of the environmental devices to determine calibration information. Wireless signal information is received from a target device including at least signal strength associated with the environmental devices proximate the target device. The location of the target device is determined utilizing at least the calibration information and the wireless signal information.
US10123282B2	Distributed antenna system interface tray A distributed antenna system interface tray (DIT) includes a plurality of per-carrier points of interface (POIs), a combiner, and a DIT management system (DMS). Each of the plurality of POIs may be configured to couple with a corresponding per-carrier base transceiver station (BTS), receive a per-carrier downlink (DL) signal from the corresponding BTS, filter the DL signal through a duplexer, adjust the filtered DL signal based on a designated level, output the filtered DL signal to a combiner, receive an uplink (UL) signal from the combiner, adjust the UL signal based on a designated gain, and transmit the UL signal to the corresponding BTS. The combiner may be configured to combine a plurality of DL signals received from the plurality of POIs into a combined DL signal, transmit the combined DL signal to a distributed antenna system, receive a UL signal from the distributed antenna system, and distribute the UL signal to the plurality of POIs.
US10123272B2	Method for reducing the power consumption of a mobile device Where a communications device maintains multiple wireless connections to other devices and networks which use slotted communications protocols, the slots used by those protocols are arranged so as to minimize the power consumed by the device. Where multiple radios are used, power is minimised by avoiding using radios at the same time when those radios are likely to interfere with each other. Slots used by communication protocols can also be selected to maximize the time that the communications device can spend in lower power mode.
US10123271B2	Control channel monitoring method and access terminal A control channel monitoring method and an access terminal are disclosed. The method includes: detecting, by an access terminal if the access terminal is in an initialization state currently, whether the access terminal satisfies a first preset condition; detecting, by the access terminal if the access terminal is in a monitoring state currently, whether the access terminal satisfies a second preset condition; and monitoring, by the access terminal, only a particular timeslot on a control channel if the access terminal satisfies the first preset condition in the initialization state or the access terminal satisfies the second preset condition in the monitoring state, where the particular timeslot is a timeslot that is used by the access network for sending a synchronous capsule or a sub-synchronous capsule. According to the present invention, power consumption of an access terminal can be reduced.
US10123269B2	Radio link monitoring method and UE Embodiments of the present invention disclose a radio link monitoring method and UE. The radio link monitoring method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: monitoring, by user equipment UE, downlink quality of a serving cell on a physical layer by using an extended link monitoring period, where the extended link monitoring period is greater than an original link monitoring period; and sending, by the UE, an in-synchronization indication message or an out-of-synchronization indication message to an upper layer of the UE when a monitoring result satisfies a preset report condition. According to the method in the embodiments of the present invention, power consumption and device costs can be reduced.
US10123262B2	Gateway advertisement in a wireless mesh A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.
US10123260B2	Neighbor awareness networking—data cluster In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate with one another in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes. Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for one or more wireless device (e.g., NAN devices) to transition into a cluster (e.g., a NAN cluster). In particular, wireless devices may be further organized into a data cluster (e.g., a NAN data cluster) within a cluster, which may be usable to facilitate the transitioning of a group of connected wireless devices (e.g., data clusters) between clusters.
US10123257B2	Wireless extender secure discovery and provisioning According to embodiments of the invention, a first wireless access point discovers a second wireless access point, the first wireless access point tunes its radio and privacy settings, without user input, based upon parameters automatically exchanged in response to the discovery of the second wireless access point, and a secure direct wireless connection is established between the first and second wireless access points using the radio and privacy settings. Adding the first wireless to an existing mesh network includes a determination of the best available direct wireless connection.
US10123251B2	Internetworking between radio resource management and spectrum controller Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for communicating channel assessment, channel information, and routing information between a spectrum controller and radio resource manager. A spectrum controller obtains channel information and classifies a number of radio channels of a network as available, partially available, or unavailable. The availability information is sent to a radio resource manager, which can use the information to determine a routing solution. The radio resource manager can request that the spectrum controller perform an access negotiation for a partially available channel. Based on the result of the negotiation, the radio resource manager may re-route information in the network.
US10123232B2	Signaling storm reduction from radio networks A method for signaling storm reduction is disclosed, comprising concentrating a plurality of signaling messages from a radio access network node to a core network node at a signaling concentrator; and processing the plurality of signaling messages with a mobile device identifier rule, at a rate equal to or greater than a line rate of a link from the radio access network to the signaling concentrator, wherein processing the plurality of signaling messages further comprises determining whether to drop each of the plurality of signaling messages.
US10123225B1	Time of day-triggered usage monitoring In general, this disclosure describes usage monitoring techniques. In one example, a method comprises storing, by a monitoring device that performs usage monitoring for at least one packet flow that traverses an access network by which subscriber devices access a packet data network, data indicating an amount of unused granted service units for the at least one packet flow that is unused as of a policy rule deactivation time for one or more policy rules matched by the at least one packet flow. The monitoring device further reactivates the usage monitoring for the at least one packet flow at a policy rule reactivation time for the one or more policy rules matched by the at least one packet flow based on an updated amount of granted service units, wherein the updated amount of granted service units are based on the data indicating the amount of unused granted service units.
US10123224B2	Defense against false detection of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation or release Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for defending against false semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation detection and/or missed SPS release. According to certain aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect one or more conditions for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation or release are met based on a downlink transmission, generate one or more metrics related to downlink transmission, and determine a valid SPS activation or release has occurred if the one or more metrics satisfy one or more criteria. According to certain aspects, a UE may determine a valid semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation has occurred, detect a number of PDSCH CRC failures, and implicitly declare an SPS release based on the detection.
US10123222B2	Mitigating interference in full duplex communication Systems and apparatuses involve implementing methods that may include receiving, by enhanced user equipment (eUE), an assignment of Resource Blocks (RBs) from an eNodeB (eNB), wherein the eUE is configured to receive full-duplex transmissions; for each assigned RB, measuring interference caused by uplink transmissions from one or more legacy UEs; and reporting, to the eNB, the measured interference. The present implementations may provide an eUE-based approach, an eUE and eNB interactive approach, an eUE baseband approach, and an eUE analog approach to reducing interference for full duplex enabled mobile devices.
US10123220B2	Method and device for wirelessly accessing service A method and device for wirelessly accessing a service, where the device detects whether a quality of a first wireless access link satisfies a communication quality requirement of a single mobile terminal, starts moving from a current location when the device determines that the quality of the first wireless access link does not satisfy the communication quality requirement of the single mobile terminal, and in a moving process, the device may detect whether a second wireless access link satisfies the communication quality requirement of the single mobile terminal, stop moving when the second wireless access link satisfies the communication quality requirement, and continue moving when the second wireless access link does not satisfy the communication quality requirement.
US10123218B1	Network controlled beam sweeping A method for network controlled beam sweeping, may include receiving, at a network control device, location data associated with user equipment (UE) devices within a service area. The method may also include identifying, at each beam sweeping position of a plurality of beam sweeping positions, geo-bins having at least one UE device located within. The method includes receiving, at the network control device, networking requirements and traffic distribution data associated with the UE devices, and determining a sweeping weight for each identified geo-bin, where the sweeping weight is based on the networking requirements and the traffic distribution data associated with the at least one UE device in a geo-bin, and determining a sweeping factor for each beam sweeping position based upon the sweeping weights. The method may also include determining a beam sweeping pattern for all the beam sweeping positions based on the sweeping factors.
US10123210B2	System and method for dynamic activation and deactivation of user plane integrity in wireless networks User equipment (UE) and a network node may establish data radio bearers (DRBs) for wireless communication of user plane data. For each DRB, the UE and network node may signal static or dynamic integrity protection for the user plane data during set-up of the DRB. When the DRB has static integrity protection, integrity protection is applied to the user plane data for a duration of the DRB. When the DRB has dynamic integrity protection, the UE and network node establish one or more trigger conditions for dynamic integrity protection of the DRB. The integrity protection may be enabled upon detection of one or more trigger conditions and disabled when the one or more trigger conditions subside after a predetermined period of time.
US10123202B1	System and method for virtual SIM card A method is provided for using virtual subscriber identity modules (vSIMs) for client devices. A network device creates, in a memory, a user account for storing one or more vSIMs. The network device receives, from a user of the user account, a selection of network services to be associated with a vSIM. The network device initiates creation of a blockchain including a vSIM certificate for the network services, wherein the vSIM certificate includes an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). The network device associates the vSIM certificate with the user account. The vSIM can be retrieved and used by any one of different devices associated with the user account or loaned to other users.
US10123197B2	Initiating a call to an emergency call center via a relay service A call to an emergency call center from a device is initiated utilizing a relay service. The device may send a non-voice message to the relay service. The relay service, upon receipt and analysis of the message, may initiate a call to the device. The device, upon receiving the call and determining that the call is from the relay service, may place the call on hold and initiate a call to an emergency call center. Subsequently, the device may establish a multi-party call between the device, the relay service, and the emergency call center. Further, the relay service may maintain multiple communications modes in order to conduct non-voice messages with the device and conduct voice communications with the emergency call center.
US10123193B2	Communication device A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.
US10123191B2	Device operational profiles Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for device operational profiles. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a profile orchestration system can receive information from a user device. The information can identify a service to be provided by the user device using, at least in part, sensor data received from one or more sensor devices. The profile orchestration system can determine a device operational profile that is suitable for generating one or more settings that are useable by the sensor device(s) to collect the sensor data. The profile orchestration system can send the device operational profile to a profile provisioning system. The profile provisioning system can utilize the device operational profile to provision the sensor device(s) with the setting(s). The sensor device(s) can utilize the setting(s) to perform one or more operations in support of the user device providing the service.
US10123187B2	Methods and apparatus for multiplexing application identifiers for peer-to-peer discovery systems A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be equipped to obtain one or more application identifiers from one or more applications on a wireless device, generate a super identifier (SID) having elements corresponding to the one or more applications and a base that identifies one or more common properties of the one or more applications, and broadcast the SID during one or more peer discovery slots allocated for the wireless device. In another example, a UE may be equipped to receive the SID broadcast by another UE, determine a match between at least one of the one or more common properties in the base, and determine whether an element associated with one or more applications is present in the SID.
US10123186B2	Simultaneous visual and telephonic access to interactive information delivery A server, method, and system for providing information to an electronic device are provided. An audio-based connection is established with the electronic device. A first identifier of the electronic device is determined in association with the audio-based connection. The electronic device is detected as being able to support a visual-based connection based on the first identifier. A second identifier of the electronic device is determined based on the first identifier. Visual information is provided to the electronic device via the visual-based connection after detecting that the electronic device is able to support the visual-based connection and determining the second identifier. The visual information is provided to the electronic device based on the second identifier.
US10123182B2	Merging active group calls A method for merging active group calls includes hosting, at a first Push to talk (PTT) server, a first active group call. A first group of PTT clients participate in the first active group call. The first PTT server receives a request to invite a second group of PTT clients. The request includes an identifier for the second group of PTT clients. The first PTT server sends a first invite message to the second PTT server. The first invite message includes the identifier for the second group of PTT clients. In response to the first invite message, the first PTT server receives a response message. The response message indicates that the second group of PTT clients are participating in the second active group call. The first PTT server hosts a merged PTT group call.
US10123180B2	Information delivery method, information delivery apparatus, and storage medium A method performed by a computer communicating with a terminal. The method includes when the computer enters a first area surrounding a second area together with the terminal, collecting one or more application contents corresponding to the second area from a service; when the computer enters the second area together with the terminal, delivering the collected application contents to the terminal; when the computer exits the second area together with the terminal, requesting the terminal to delete or nullify the delivered application contents; and when the computer exits the first area together with the terminal, organizing the collected application contents.
US10123179B2	Method and arrangement for routing vehicles in road traffic A central routing unit receives traffic-related data from vehicles that are involved in the road traffic, and transmits routing information to at least one vehicle on based on the traffic-related data that is received by the central routing unit. The central routing unit may transmit the routing information by displaying a dynamically-generated Quick Response (QR) code on at least one digital traffic sign.
US10123176B2	Location estimation apparatus and method using combination of different positioning resources Disclosed herein are a location estimation apparatus and method using a combination of different positioning resources. The location estimation apparatus includes a motion model generation unit for generating a motion model corresponding to a state variable of a terminal based on a current time, a weight calculation unit for extracting a dynamic location database (DB) from a location DB based on multiple pieces of measurement information received from the terminal, and calculating a weight proportional to a likelihood of the multiple pieces of measurement information based on the dynamic location DB, and a location estimation unit for estimating a location and direction of the terminal by applying the weight to at least one sample value corresponding to the motion model.
US10123174B2	Mobility data processing apparatus, mobility data processing method and mobility data processing system A management server is adapted to be provided with: a field data managing unit configured to store mobility data of mobility instances; a group possibility degree determining unit configured to execute a predetermined process for improving identification of mobility context, for the mobility data; and a group extracting unit configured to, based on a time distance and a spatial distance between mobility data of one mobility instance and mobility data of another mobility instance, identify mobility context of the one mobility instance after the process is performed.
US10123154B2	Method, system and apparatus for communication through wireless charging network The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to utilized a network of wireless transmission units (PTUs) to communicate between devices connected to the network through each of the PUTs. In certain embodiments, a plurality of PTUs are interconnected into a Local Area Network (LAN) such that messages may be broadcast to all PTUs connected to the network. Each PTU may then relay the broadcast message to each of the mobile devices being under its charge.
US10123145B2	Simulating acoustic output at a location corresponding to source position data Systems and methods of simulating acoustic output at a location corresponding to source position data are disclosed. A particular method includes receiving an audio signal and source position data associated with the audio signal. A set of speaker signals are applied to a plurality of speakers, where the set of speaker driver signals causes the plurality of speakers to generate acoustic output that simulates output of the audio signal by an audio source at a location corresponding to the source position data.
US10123141B2	Double-talk detection for acoustic echo cancellation An acoustic echo canceller includes an adaptive filter and a double-talk detector. The adaptive filter includes a linear filter and a coefficient calculator. The linear filter has a transfer function that is controlled by a set of variable filter coefficients and that is configured to cancel an estimate of echo in a microphone signal to provide an output signal. The coefficient calculator is configured to update the set of variable filter coefficients based on a variable adaptation rate. The double-talk detector is configured to calculate changes in the energy of the variable filter coefficients (between updates of the coefficients). The acoustic echo canceller is configured to adjust the variable adaptation rate based on whether the energy of the variable filter coefficients is determined to be either oscillating or steadily changing (increasing or decreasing).
US10123139B2	Equalized hearing aid system An equalized hearing aid system includes a microphone, a first equalizer, a first mixer, and a first speaker coupled in series forming a first signal path with a second mixer coupled to the first equalizer within the first signal path. The microphone, a second equalizer, a third mixer, and a second speaker are coupled in series forming a second signal path with a fourth mixer coupled to the second equalizer within the second signal path. A control interface may be coupled to at least one of the first equalizer and the second equalizer. A Bluetooth module may be coupled to at least one of the first equalizer and the second equalizer. A third equalizer may be coupled to input signal into the first signal path and a fourth equalizer may be coupled to input signal into the second signal path.
US10123135B2	Method and hearing device for transmitting an audio signal from a transmitter to a receiver A method transmits an audio signal from a transmitter to a receiver and a hearing device, particularly a hearing aid, contains a communication facility which is provided and configured for transmitting and/or receiving an audio signal according to the method. A hearing device system has two hearing devices and is provided and configured to transmit audio signals between the two hearing devices by their communication facilities according to the method.
US10123131B2	Microelectromechanical microphone with differential capacitive sensing Microelectromechanical microphones include structures that permit differential capacitive sensing. In certain structures, a movable plate is disposed between a rigid plate and a substrate. A first capacitor is formed between the movable plate and the substrate and a second capacitor is formed between the movable plate and the rigid plate. Respective bias voltages can be applied to the rigid plate and the substrate, and a differential capacitive signal can be probed in response to displacement of the movable plate caused by a pressure wave. The movable plate and the rigid plate are mechanically coupled to first and second portions of the substrate, respectively. A dielectric member mechanically couples the movable plate and the rigid plate, thus providing mechanical stability.
US10123128B2	Speaker arrangement According to one aspect, there is provided a speaker comprising a body, a surface structure rigidly attached to the body, electro-magnetic deformable plate elements attached to the rigid planar surface structure and configured to bend, when driven with voltage or current source, the surface structure, and electro-magnetic deformable plate element specific band-pass filter for at least one electro-magnetic deformable plate element of the electro-magnetic deformable plate elements, the band-pass filter having at least one electro-magnetic deformable plate element specific pass band.
US10123123B2	Loudspeaker apparatus An apparatus is provided that includes the following: a surface arranged to be mechanically displaced; a first magnet coupled with the surface; at least one supporting member for supporting the surface; a base comprising a second magnet, wherein the second magnet is arranged, at least partially, to face the first magnet; a coil coupled with the second magnet: and a signal port electrically coupled with the coil, wherein an electrical signal is configured to travel between the signal port and the coil, and wherein the electrical signal in the coil is proportional to mechanic displacement of the surface when a force equilibrium state of the surface is broken either by the electrical signal in the coil or the mechanic displacement of the surface from a position of the force equilibrium state.
US10123122B2	Electroacoustic transducer An electroacoustic transducer, which can be a speaker or a microphone, includes a frame, a housing, and a vibrating body having one or more vertically split cylindrical faces. The opposing sides of the vibrating body is connected to the housing or the frame. A conversion section converts an electrical signal into vibration of the vibrating body or vibration of the vibrating body to an electrical signal. The vibrating body can extend to the side surfaces of the housing or completely wrap around the housing.
US10123118B2	Limiter for bass enhancement A dry audio signal may be received. An envelope of the dry audio signal may be compared to a threshold of the playback device to determine a dry excess. A filter may be applied to the dry audio signal to generate a wet audio signal. An envelope of the wet audio signal may be compared to the threshold to determine a wet excess. Based on the dry and wet excess, a dry gain may be determined for the dry audio signal and a wet gain may be determined for the wet audio signal. The wet audio signal and the dry audio signals may be mixed in proportion to respective gains. The mixed audio signal may avoid exceeding an operational limit associated with audio playback on the playback device.
US10123116B2	Linear and non-linear speaker excursion modeling A method for characterizing a loudspeaker comprises: filtering an input test signal by applying the inverse of a linear model describing an excursion of the loudspeaker in response to a given input signal, the linear model containing only linear terms; applying the filtered input test signal to the loudspeaker; measuring the excursion of the loudspeaker in response to the filtered input test signal; and, based on the measured excursion, determining one or more non-linear parameters for a non-linear model describing the excursion of the loudspeaker in response to a given input signal.
US10123113B2	Selective audio source enhancement A selective audio source enhancement system includes a processor and a memory, and a pre-processing unit configured to receive audio data including a target audio signal, and to perform sub-band domain decomposition of the audio data to generate buffered outputs. In addition, the system includes a target source detection unit configured to receive the buffered outputs, and to generate a target presence probability corresponding to the target audio signal, as well as a spatial filter estimation unit configured to receive the target presence probability, and to transform frames buffered in each sub-band into a higher resolution frequency-domain. The system also includes a spectral filtering unit configured to retrieve a multichannel image of the target audio signal and noise signals associated with the target audio signal, and an audio synthesis unit configured to extract an enhanced mono signal corresponding to the target audio signal from the multichannel image.
US10123112B2	Microphone package with an integrated digital signal processor Systems and techniques for providing improved beam forming functionality and/or improve noise cancellation functionality in a microphone package are presented. In an implementation, a device includes a first microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor, a second MEMS sensor, and a digital signal processor. The first MEMS sensor is contained in a first back cavity within the device. The second MEMS sensor is contained in a second back cavity within the device. The digital signal processor generates a cardioid microphone pattern based on data associated with the first MEMS sensor contained in the first back cavity and other data associated with the second MEMS sensor contained in the second back cavity, where the digital signal processor forms at least a portion of the first back cavity and the second back cavity.
US10123110B2	Acoustic dampening compensation system At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a communication device that includes a microphone configured to detect an acoustic signal from an acoustic environment, and a processor, configured to detect an acoustical dampening between the acoustic environment and the microphone, based on a change in a characteristic of the acoustic signal and, responsive to the acoustical dampening, apply a compensation filter to the acoustic signal to form a compensated acoustic signal that is reproduced. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10123109B2	Image capture and earpiece sizing system and method A method and system for sizing an earpiece include situating a calibration device proximate a user's ear. The user holds an image capture device so as to aim the image capture device at the user's ear. The user then touches and holds a random area of the touch screen display and releases the touch screen display to activate the image capture device and capture an image of the user's ear and the calibration device. The captured image is then analyzed and an earpiece size is determined based on the analysis of the image.
US10123103B1	Sigma delta modulator for sensors In various embodiments, a circuit is provided. The circuit includes: a voltage biasing circuit coupled to a microelectro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone sensor, the MEMS microphone sensor coupled to a driver circuit, and the driver circuit coupled to an oscillator-based ADC circuit. The oscillator-based ADC circuit may include an Nth order sigma-delta modulator, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 1.
US10123101B2	Communication method applied to multi-wavelength passive optical network, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the invention disclose a communication method which includes: receiving, by the optical network unit (ONU) by using the first port or the second port, a wavelength switching request message delivered by the optical line terminal (OLT), where the wavelength switching request message carries second wavelength channel information and port information that is of the second port; switching, by the ONU, an operating wavelength channel of an optical module connected to the second port from a first wavelength channel to a second wavelength channel corresponding to the second wavelength channel information; and sending, by the ONU, a wavelength switching complete message to the OLT by using the first port. According to the communication method provided in embodiments of the present invention, quick wavelength switching is performed based on the second port, so that a service is not interrupted in a wavelength switching process, and user experience is better.
US10123095B2	Dynamic summaries for media content Disclosed are various embodiments for providing dynamically generated summaries of media content, such as electronic books, audiobooks, audio series, video content series, and so on. An elapsed time since consumption of media content was ended is determined. A summary of a portion of the media content occurring prior to a point of resumption in the media content is dynamically generated. The content of the summary is selected according to a length of the elapsed time. The summary is presented via an output device.
US10123088B2	Method and system for channel searching and filtering A multimedia device determines that the user is attempting to tune to a channel. In response to the determination, the multimedia device identifies a list of channels likely to be the channel to which the user is attempting to tune. The multimedia device displays a channel tuning banner that allows the user to select a channel from the list, thereby causing the multimedia device to tune to the selected channel. In another context, users want to locate scheduling information for a particular channel within an electronic program guide (EPG). Thus, a multimedia device receives search criteria from a user and uses the search criteria to dynamically filter the EPG while the user is interacting with the EPG. As a result, the user is presented with a reduced number of EPG entries to look through in order to find relevant information.
US10123087B1	Channel block switching A channel block switching system enables a viewer to browse linear channels by switching through blocks of channels as a group instead of switching one channel at a time. Each channel block is displayed as an arrangement of channel windows. Each channel window displays the linear video content of one of the channels in the channel block allowing the viewer to select a channel to watch based on the linear visual content rather than from a static image or a description of the content. The channel block switching system enables display of the channel block using the lowest available resolution. The channel block switching system allows the viewer to listen to the audio content of any channel in the channel block being displayed with the audio for the remaining channels being muted and, optionally, displaying closed captioning.
US10123083B2	Systems and methods to select programming information for inclusion in informational displays The present disclosure provides systems and methods that select programming information for inclusion in informational displays. In one example, for a particular instance of content stream associated with a content distributor carrying a version of the program at a particular air time, the information retrieval system can determine whether such instance constitutes local programming or national programming. As one example, the system can determine whether a first version of a program is local programming or national programming based at least in part on a comparison of a first content stream that includes the first version of the program with at least one other content stream that is associated with a same content distributor and also associated with a time zone associated with a user.
US10123082B2	Content delivery system for key moment identification from audience data In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset while the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
US10123074B2	Method, system, and apparatus for multimedia content delivery to cable TV and satellite operators Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for delivering multimedia content from the cloud to cable operators are disclosed. A device located at the cable headend or implemented in the cloud can receive a request for at least one media stream for playback on a broadcast media channel. Content corresponding to a plurality of multimedia files in the media stream can be obtained from the internet or a cloud based service. The content can be used to generate the multimedia files in a format that is compatible with the cable operator. The multimedia files can be used to assemble the at least one media stream which can be provided to the cable operator for broadcast on the broadcast media channel.
US10123071B2	Electronic apparatus, controlling method thereof and display system comprising electronic apparatus and a plurality of display apparatuses An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one of a plurality of display apparatuses and a processor configured to generate an image signal by converting correction data regarding each pixel of the plurality of display apparatuses into a data format according to an image signal standard, and control the communicator to transmit the image signal to any one of the plurality of display apparatuses through an interface corresponding to the image signal standard.
US10123060B2	Method and apparatus for providing contents Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing contents. The method includes: analyzing an attribute of contents and generating a mapping table for mapping a first region of the contents and a second region of the contents associated with the first region; and transmitting content information about the second region related to the mapping table to a second electronic apparatus and outputting the first region of the contents through an output unit.
US10123058B1	Systems and methods for facilitating seamless flow content splicing Systems, methods, machine-readable media, and media device are provided to facilitate seamless flow content splicing to dynamically insert particularized content items in television programming content. A plurality of particularized content items may be received and stored in a content store. First content that corresponds to television programming may be received and processed to detect a first set of color characteristics of video content. A subset of the particularized content items may be selected based on matching a second set of color characteristics of the subset of the particularized content items to the first set of color characteristics of the video content corresponding to the television programming. The first content may be output for display. Then, the subset of the particularized content items may be output for display in succession so that display of the subset of the particularized content items directly follows display of the first content.
US10123056B2	Set-top box with interactive portal and system and method for use of same A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box generates a guest interactive portal as well as a housekeeping interactive portal for a guest and housekeeper, respectively. Each of the portals provides relevant feedback on the condition of the room to a server associated with the hotel.
US10123054B2	Image coding method and image coding device for partitioning an image into processing units and coding the partitioned image to generate a code sequence Provided is an image coding method that partitions an input image signal into processing units, and that codes the partitioned image to generate a code sequence. In particular, the image coding method determines a partitioning pattern for hierarchically partitioning the input image signal in order starting from a largest unit of the processing units, generates partition information indicative of the partitioning pattern, and codes partition information. The partition information includes maximum used hierarchy depth information indicative of a maximum used hierarchy depth which is a hierarchy depth of a deepest processing unit of the processing units included in the partitioning pattern.
US10123053B2	Acceleration of bypass binary symbol processing in video coding A method for encoding a video sequence in a video encoder to generate a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes binarizing a plurality of syntax elements, wherein each binarized syntax element comprises a string of one or more binary symbols (bins), wherein a bin is one selected from a context-coded bin and bypass bin, encoding the context-coded bins of the binarized syntax elements using binary arithmetic encoding, and adding the bypass bins of the binarized syntax elements to the compressed video bit stream with no encoding.
US10123050B2	Filtering video data using a plurality of filters Systems and methods of filtering video data using a plurality of filters are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving and decoding a plurality of filters embedded in a video data bitstream at a video decoder. The method includes selecting, based on information included in the video data bitstream, a particular filter of the plurality of filters. The method further includes applying the particular filter to at least a portion of decoded video data of the video data bitstream to produce filtered decoded video data.
US10123042B2	Video prediction encoding device, video prediction encoding method, video prediction decoding device and video prediction decoding method A decoding device includes a decoder that decodes information of a direction of intra-picture prediction of a target block and compression data of a residual signal, a prediction signal generator that generates an intra-picture prediction signal using the information of the direction and an previously reconstructed reference sample of an adjacent block, a residual signal restorator that restores a reconstructed residual signal of the target block, and a block storage that restores and stores a pixel signal of the target block. The prediction signal generator derives reference samples from a previously reconstructed block neighboring the target block stored, selects two or more key reference samples, performs an interpolation process between the key reference samples for generating interpolated reference samples, and generates the intra-picture prediction signal by extrapolating the interpolated reference samples based on the direction of the intra-picture prediction.
US10123037B2	Method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding with reduced requirements for division operations A method and apparatus for performing motion estimation in a digital video system is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that quickly calculates estimated motion vectors in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, a first multiplicand is determined by multiplying a first display time difference between a first video picture and a second video picture by a power of two scale value. This step scales up a numerator for a ratio. Next, the system determines a scaled ratio by dividing that scaled numerator by a second first display time difference between said second video picture and a third video picture. The scaled ratio is then stored calculating motion vector estimations. By storing the scaled ratio, all the estimated motion vectors can be calculated quickly with good precision since the scaled ratio saves significant bits and reducing the scale is performed by simple shifts.
US10123029B2	Method and apparatus for processing video Provided is an apparatus for processing a video. The apparatus for processing a video includes an image receiving module that is configured to receive encoded data, a filtering module that is configured to filter an image frame reconstructed from the encoded image, a block dividing module to divide the filtered image frame into a predetermined block dividing unit, a compression module to compress each of the plurality of blocks, to package the compressed plurality of blocks into a predetermined packaging unit, and to generate lookup table information corresponding to each of the packaged block, a frame buffer memory that is configured to record the packaged data, a first decompression module that is configured to perform first decompression of one or more of the recorded blocks corresponding to a particular frame for motion compensating by using the lookup table information, and a converter that is configured to decompress the recorded blocks to output sequentially by using the lookup table information.
US10123027B2	Method and apparatus for video coding and decoding Various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding and decoding are provided. In some embodiments, to indicate a composition of pictures of different time instants, some usability information may be embedded to the video bitstream indicating the intended display behavior when more than one layer is used and associated display behavior using this information. More specifically, the embedded information may indicate how the layers need to be composed in the video bitstream. The information may indicate if the intended display behavior is to combine (overlay) base layer and enhancement layer decoded pictures. The information may indicate that the base and enhancement layer decoded pictures are allowed to be overlaid. In addition or alternatively, the information may indicate that the enhancement layer picture should not be combined with base layer picture during display.
US10123026B2	Codeword space reduction for intra chroma mode signaling for HEVC Intra prediction is used in state-of-the-art video coding standards such as AVC. The intra prediction modes are coded into the bitstream. Luma and chroma components could potentially have different prediction modes. For chroma components, there are 7 different modes defined in AVC: vertical, horizontal, DC, diagonal directions, and “same as luma”. Statistics show that the “same as luma” mode is frequently used, but in AVC, this mode is encoded using more bits than other modes during entropy coding, therefore the coding efficiency is decreased. Accordingly, a modified binarization/codeword assignment for chroma intra mode signaling is able to be utilized for high efficiency video coding (HEVC), the next generation video coding standard.
US10123021B2	Image encoding apparatus for determining quantization parameter, image encoding method, and program An amount of code is reduced for blocks in which visible degradation is not easily susceptible, while a large amount of code is assigned to blocks whose degradation in image quality is easily perceptible thereby suppressing the number of blocks for which a process is performed to achieve high quality image and thus suppressing an increase in the total amount of code. An input image is encoded in units of blocks. A block evaluation value for the block is calculated. The block is divided into N sub-blocks where N is equal to or greater than 2, and a sub-block evaluation value is calculated for each sub-block. A quantization parameter for the block is controlled based on the block evaluation value and the sub-block evaluation values.
US10123018B2	Feature based bitrate allocation in non-backward compatible multi-layer codec via machine learning Novel methods and systems for non-backward compatible video encoding are disclosed. The bitrates of the base layer and enhancement layer are dynamically assigned based on features found in scenes in the video compared to a machine learned quality classifier.
US10123010B2	Apparatus for encoding an image Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.
US10123005B2	Displays with unit-specific display identification data A display may store extended display identification data for communicating the capabilities of the display to a source device such as a graphics processing unit. The extended display identification data may include a red primary color value, a green primary color value, and a blue primary color value. The primary color values in the extended display identification data may be determined during manufacturing. For example, a light sensor may measure the native primary colors of the display, and calibration computing equipment may determine if the native primary colors of the display are within a target color gamut. If the native primary colors of the display are outside of the target color gamut by an amount larger than a threshold, the primary color values in the extended display identification data may be adjusted to account for the color variation.
US10123002B2	Projection display providing additional modulation and related methods A projection display system includes a spatial modulator that is controlled to compensate for flare in a lens of the projector. The spatial modulator increases achievable intra-frame contrast and facilitates increased peak luminance without unacceptable black levels. Some embodiments provide 3D projection systems in which the spatial modulator is combined with a polarization control panel.
US10122999B2	Image generating method and image generating apparatus A camera includes: a light source configured to emit an infrared (IR) signal; a receiver configured to receive a reflected IR signal, the reflected signal corresponding to the IR signal being reflected from an object; and a processor configured to generate an IR image based on the reflected IR signal, determine whether the IR image is saturated based on comparison between at least one pixel value of the IR image and a reference pixel value, and control an intensity of the IR signal emitted by the light source based on a result of the determination.
US10122991B2	Surgical stereoscopic observation apparatus A surgical stereoscopic observation apparatus has a pair of main optical paths A and a pair of secondary optical paths B, an aligning direction of the paths B differing by 90 degrees from that of the paths A. The main and secondary optical paths involve imaging elements D1 and D2, respectively. This apparatus is able to provide not only electronic images oriented for a main operator and an assistant positioned opposite to the main operator but also electronic images orientated for an assistant positioned on the left or right side of the main operator, thereby allowing the main operator and assistants to cooperatively conduct an operation.
US10122990B2	Imaging system and method of producing context and focus images Disclosed is an imaging system and a method of producing a context image and a focus image for a display apparatus, via the imaging system. The imaging system includes at least one imaging sensor per eye of a user, and a processor coupled thereto. The processor is configured to control the imaging sensors to capture at least one image of a real world environment, and is arranged to be communicably coupled with the display apparatus. Furthermore, the processor is configured to: receive, from the display apparatus, information indicative of a gaze direction of the user; determine a region of visual accuracy of the at least one image, based upon the gaze direction of the user; process the at least one image to generate the context image and the focus image; and communicate the generated context image and the generated focus image to the display apparatus.
US10122988B2	Image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, methods of controlling the same, and storage medium This invention enables more efficiently storing and managing light field data. To accomplish this, when encoding N (N>1) viewpoint images captured by a light field imaging unit, an encoding apparatus calculates the average value of the values of N corresponding pixels corresponding to each other in the N viewpoint images and generates an image having the average value as the value of a pixel and focused at a predetermined focal position. The encoding apparatus generates (N−1) types of difference values used to derive the values of the corresponding pixels in the N viewpoint images from the value of the pixel of the generated image focused at the predetermined focal position. The encoding apparatus encodes the generated image and difference information formed from the (N−1) types of difference values.
US10122985B2	Camera based safety mechanisms for users of head mounted displays The disclosure provides methods and systems for warning a user of a head mounted display that the user approaches an edge of field of view of a camera or one or more tangible obstacles. The warning includes presenting audio and/or displayable messages to the user, or moving the display(s) of the head mounted displays away of the user's eyes. The determination that the user approaches the edge of scene or a tangible obstacle is made by dynamically tracking motions of the users through analysis of images and/or depth data obtained from image sensor(s) and/or depth sensor(s) secured to either the head mounted display, arranged outside of the scene and not secured to the head mounted display, or a combination of both.
US10122983B1	Creating a video for an audio file Systems and methods described herein relate to automation of video creation for an associated audio file or musical composition. In particular, a video can be generated for the audio file that includes images and videos that are compelling and contextually relevant to, and technically compatible with, the audio file.
US10122975B2	Endoscope and endoscope system An endoscope includes a four color separation prism having a first color separation prism, a second color separation prism, a third color separation prism, and a fourth color separation prism which respectively separate light incident from an affected area into a blue, red and green color components, and an IR component, first, second, third and fourth color image sensors, and a signal output. The first color separation prism, the second color separation prism, the third color separation prism, and the fourth color separation prism are sequentially disposed from an object side when receiving the light incident from the affected area. The first color image sensor is disposed opposite to the second color image sensor and the third color image sensor across an incident ray which is incident vertically to an object side incident surface of the first color separation prism.
US10122974B2	Apparatus and method for generating alarm An apparatus and a method for generating an alarm are provided. The apparatus includes at least one processor configured to implement: a determination unit analyzing at least one of an image, which includes an object, and a sound related to the object, and, as a result of the analysis, determining a type of the object; and an alarm generation unit controlling an alarm generator to generate an alarm according to a result of the determination performed by the determination unit.
US10122973B2	Fluoroscopic inspection method, device and storage medium for automatic classification and recognition of cargoes The present disclosure relates to a fluoroscopic inspection system for automatic classification and recognition of cargoes. The system includes: an image data acquiring unit, configured to perform scanning and imaging for a container by using an X-ray scanning device to acquire a scanned image; an image segmenting unit, configured to segment the scanned image into small regions each having similar gray scales and texture features; a feature extracting unit, configured to extract features of the small regions; a training unit, configured to generate a classifier according to annotated images; and a classification and recognition unit, configured to recognize the small regions by using the classifier according to the extracted features, to obtain a probability of each small region pertaining to a certain category of cargoes, and merge small regions to obtain large regions each representing a category.
US10122965B2	Face detection for background management Exemplary embodiments relate to uses of face detection for modifying the background of a video. By detecting the portion of the video shot that corresponds to a face, it can also determined which portion of the shot do not correspond to the face (e.g., the background of the video). The thus-detected background may be replaced with a movie, event, or other material. Different types of materials may be targeted at different users based on user affinities or preferences. In some embodiments, a user may manually select and apply a background during a video call. When applying a custom background, the system can transmit a control signal and the background. The client recognizes the control signal and, in response, applies the background.
US10122956B2	Beam forming for microphones on separate faces of a camera A camera system capable of capturing images of an event in a dynamic environment includes two microphones configured to capture stereo audio of the event. The microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system. Because the microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system, the camera body can impact the spatial response of the two recorded audio channels differently, leading to degraded stereo recreation if standard beam forming techniques are used. The camera system includes tuned beam forming techniques to generate multi-channel audio that more accurately recreates the stereo audio by compensating for the shape of the camera system and the orientation of microphones on the camera system. The tuned beam forming techniques include optimizing a set of beam forming parameters, as a function of frequency, based on the true spatial response of the recorded audio signals.
US10122955B2	Interfacing a television with a second device A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
US10122950B2	Imaging device, imaging method, and image processing program The imaging device includes a multiple-property lens that includes a first area having a first property and a second area having a second property different from the first property, an image sensor in which a first light receiving element 25A and a second light receiving element 25B having a different opening size of a light receiving section from the first light receiving element 25A are two-dimensionally arranged, and a crosstalk removal processing unit that removes a crosstalk component from each of a first crosstalk image acquired from the first light receiving element 25A of the image sensor and a second crosstalk image acquired from the second light receiving element to generate a first image and a second image respectively having the first property and the second property of the multiple-property lens.
US10122948B2	Solid-state image pickup element and image pickup apparatus A solid-state image pickup element includes an image signal combining part configured to combine a first image signal read from a pixel portion at a first timing, and a second image signal read from the pixel portion at a second timing, which is different from the first timing, to generate a third image signal.
US10122934B2	Imaging apparatus having an apodization filter and capable of selecting first and second program diagrams A subject information acquisition section acquires a subject distance difference, which is distance difference between a main subject and a subject farthest from the main subject, on the basis of an imaging signal sent from an imaging element. A program diagram storage section stores a first program diagram where an aperture value is fixed at an open aperture value at a first amount of exposure EV1 or less, and stores a second program diagram where an aperture value is fixed at an open aperture value at a second amount of exposure EV2, which is greater than the first amount of exposure EV1, or less. An imaging exposure determination section selects the second program diagram in a case where an APD filter is disposed on the optical path and a case where the subject distance difference is equal to or greater than a threshold value and there is an imaged scene in which a blurred image tends to occur, and selects the first program diagram in a case where the subject distance difference is less than the threshold value and there is an imaged scene in which a blurred image is hard to occur.
US10122918B2	System for producing 360 degree media A system for producing a 360 degree media is provided. The system includes an adapter and a computer having a front camera facing in a first direction and a rear camera facing in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are opposite one another. The adapter includes a front lens facing in the first direction and a rear lens facing in the second direction when the adapter is releasably attached to the computer. The front lens and the rear lens expand a capturable image of the front camera and the rear camera so that the computer may capture and produce the 360 degree media.
US10122912B2	Device and method for detecting regions in an image Various aspects of a device and method for detection of regions based on sensor data for autofocus are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes receipt of a depth of filed (DOF) information of a scene viewed using an image-capturing device of the electronic device. The one or more images of the scene are segmented into a plurality of candidate segmented regions based on the received DOF information. One of the plurality of candidate segmented regions is determined as a region-of-interest to autofocus on the determined candidate segmented region.
US10122909B2	Auto-focus apparatus and method An auto-focus apparatus and an auto-focus method are provided. The auto-focus apparatus includes: a lens, a lens driving component, and a focus control module; wherein the lens is configured to guide light transmitted from a target object; wherein the lens driving component is configured to drive the lens to move to the multiple positions to obtain the original images, and drive the lens to a focusing position obtained by the focus control module; and wherein the focus control module is configured to obtain frequency respond results each of which corresponds to interested pixels in one of the original images, calculate a desired frequency respond result based on the obtained frequency respond results and take a first position of the lens corresponding to the desired frequency respond result as the focusing position. Accordingly, focus accuracy and focus speed under conditions of poor contrast texture and weak light are improved.
US10122906B2	Adaptive video end-to-end network with local abstraction An adaptive video end-to-end network is described that uses local abstraction. One example includes an image sensor to generate a sequence of images, a processor coupled to the image sensor to analyze the sequence of images to detect an event, to select images related to the event and to generate metadata regarding the event, and a communications interface coupled to the processor to send the metadata information through a network connection to a central node.
US10122901B2	Control unit, imaging unit, and method of controlling liquid-crystal low pass filter A control unit includes a controller controlling a polarization state of a liquid crystal layer of a liquid-crystal low pass filter to be any of a first polarization state, a second polarization state, and an intermediate polarization state between the first polarization state and the second polarization state. In output of a plurality of image data from an imaging element, the controller controls the polarization state of the liquid crystal layer to be the first polarization state or the second polarization state when first image data of the image data is outputted, and the controller controls the polarization state of the liquid crystal layer to be the intermediate polarization state when one or more of second and subsequent ones of the image data are outputted.
US10122900B2	Camera mounting device A web cam device includes a camera housing, a camera disposed in the camera housing, a data cable coupled to the camera that extends from the camera housing, and a base including an aperture to receive the data cable such that the base is slideable along the data cable, where the aperture provides a sliding friction to the data cable, and where the camera is operable to be mounted on a monitor when the camera is positioned on a front of the monitor, the data cable is configured to pass through the aperture of the base, and the base is secured against the back of the monitor and held by the sliding friction of the aperture on the data cable. The camera housing can include a protrusion extending from the camera housing and is flush against the front of the monitor when the camera is mounted on the display device.
US10122880B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a temperature detection portion, a power supply portion, a control portion, a photovoltaic module and a power storage/supply portion which stores power from the photovoltaic module and which performs power supply to the temperature detection portion when power supply from the power supply portion to the temperature detection portion is stopped. The control portion detects, when a return condition is satisfied, the temperature of the fixing portion based on the output of the temperature detection portion, and as a temperature on return is higher, the control portion starts fixing return processing at later timing whereas as the temperature on return is lower, the control portion starts the fixing return processing at earlier timing.
US10122878B2	Printing apparatus capable of counting the number of times of printing, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
US10122875B2	Image reading apparatus with movable reading unit A moving mechanism of a reading unit includes a driving pulley, a plurality of driven pulleys which are rotatably driven, an endless belt which is engaged and rotates between the driving pulley and the plurality of driven pulleys, and attracts the reading unit, and a biasing unit which applies tension to the endless belt, in the endless belt, an attraction section which is a belt section that extends along the auxiliary scanning direction, and which attracts the reading unit, is formed between a first driven pulley and a second driven pulley, the driving pulley is provided at a position separated from the attraction section in the main scanning direction, and a biasing force of the biasing unit is applied to the belt section excluding the attraction section in the endless belt.
US10122873B2	Electronic device Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a plurality of keys in which the character types of input candidate characters are switched using a toggle input method and a key control unit that changes an initial value of the character type of an input candidate character in the toggle input method to the character type of the character that is input and confirmed already when an arbitrary key among the plurality of keys is pressed.
US10122867B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method with continuous printing An image forming apparatus performs printing based on a print job and determines whether printing for a first print job and a second print job having been received after the first print job can be made continuously based on a progress of printing for the first print job. In a case where it is determined that the printing for the first print job and the second print job can be made continuously, print media to be used for printing for the second print job is fed to a conveyance path before completing outputting printouts for the first print job.
US10122862B2	Systems and methods for connecting heterogeneous networks The present invention comprises systems and methods for controlling a connection between and IT infrastructure and a telephony network. In one embodiment, the present invention allows such control through the use of application services adapted for use with a telephony network, a telephony application server that exposes the telephony network to the application services, and a service mediation platform controlling the interaction between the application services and the telephony application server. The service mediation server may comprise a user profile manager for handling the user profiles of a subscriber database, a service level agreement manager for invoking a set of application services, and a resource policy enforcement manager for managing the resources of the telephony network.
US10122858B2	System and method for interacting with customer contact center over a mobile device A system and method for processing interaction requests includes a computer system that receives over a data channel from an end user device accessible to the customer, a request for an interaction. The request includes data from an application running on the end user device. The data is stored by the computer system upon receipt. When a voice call from a telephony device accessible to the customer is received, a voice media session is established with the telephony device over a voice channel. The data is identified based on information associated with the voice call. A contact center resource is further identified for routing the voice call. The data is attached to a request to route the call to the identified contact center resource.
US10122850B2	Support of non-secure warning tones on packet-switched networks, particularly across multiple security domains A method for supporting non-secure warning tones on packet-switched networks involves receiving a call attempt from a source phone to a destination phone, checking if a connection of the security domains of the source phone and the destination phone via a MLS voice gateway is allowed, and checking if a generation of a non-secure warning tone locally by the source phone is required. A call is established from the source phone to the destination phone upon acknowledgement of the local generation of the non-secure warning tone by the source phone.
US10122841B2	Smartphone proximity card emulation Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that enable a portable computing device to emulate a proximity card. A portable computing device is provided that includes an antenna, storage that stores an identification number, and a processor. The processor is configured to control modulation of the identification number onto a carrier signal received by the antenna from a proximity card reader device. In this manner, an applicable function may be enabled, and the portable computing device emulates a proximity card. The antenna may be specific to proximity card emulation, or may be shared with other portable computing device functions, such as wireless charging.
US10122840B2	Displaying information about files stored in a plurality of storage devices A mobile device with a unified media-centric user interface is provided. In one embodiment, the user interface contains one or more of the following features: a unified view of the home screen, navigating between various storage locations, dragging items to collection/folder, pinch and zoom feature, stats shown for each file type, storage usage view from the app, manual and automatic backup, and magic move (keeping a low-resolution version of the original files while moving). Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.
US10122832B2	Communications of usernames and passwords to a plurality of cloud storages via a plurality of communications protocols that change over time A computational device has an interface to access a heterogeneous cloud storage comprised of a first cloud storage maintained by a first entity and a second cloud storage maintained by a second entity. The computational device transmits, via a first communications protocol over the interface, a first set of data comprising usernames to a first cloud storage maintained by a first entity. The computational device transmits, via a second communications protocol, a second set of data comprising passwords corresponding to the usernames to a second cloud storage maintained by a second entity. On elapse of a first predetermined amount of time or the first communications protocol being compromised, the first communications protocol is changed to a third communications protocol. On elapse of a second predetermined amount of time or the second communications protocol being compromised, the second communications protocol is changed to a fourth communications protocol.
US10122829B2	System and method for providing a control plane for quality of service A network system for improving network communication performance is provided. The system include at least one client site network component implemented at least at a first client site, the client site network component bonding or aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure a bonded connection that has increased throughput, at least one network server component configured to connect to the client site network component using the bonded connection, the network server component automatically terminating the bonded connection and passing data traffic to the at least one network, a virtual control plane interface at the at least one network server component, and a cloud network controller configured to manage the data traffic, wherein the cloud network controller is operable to configure the virtual control plane interface to provide a priority queue for the data traffic from or to a plurality of client site network components.
US10122819B2	Receiving media content based on media preferences of additional users Embodiments are provided for receiving media content based on the preferences of additional users. An example implementation includes a computing device transmitting, to a service provider, a first request for media items based on media preferences associated with first user profiles for a media playback system. After transmitting the first request, the computing device determines that media preferences associated with second user profiles are to be used for requesting media items. Thereafter, the computing device transmits, to the service provider, a second request for one or more media items based on media preferences associated with (i) the first user profiles and (ii) the second user profiles. After transmitting the second request, the computing device may receive data indicating at least one media item from the service provider and cause one or more playback devices in the media playback system to play the at least one media item.
US10122817B2	Methods and arrangements for device profiles in wireless networks Embodiments provide a device profile mechanism for wireless devices. Many embodiments comprise a medium access control (MAC) sublayer logic to build frames comprising a device profile index element for a first device. Embodiments may facilitate access by a second device to a device profile for the first device without communication of the entire device profile from the first device. In some embodiments, the second device may access a storage medium integrated with or accessible to the second device to determine the device profile. Some embodiments may store the device profile index element in memory, in logic, or in another manner that facilitates transmission of the device profile index element in frames. Some embodiments may receive and detect communications with the device profile index element. Further embodiments may generate and transmit a communication with the device profile index element.
US10122815B1	Dynamic class mapping in messaging middleware A method of handling requests for service by client applications. The method comprises receiving a client request by a proxy application from a client application, where the client request identifies the client application, a business transaction type, and a business transaction service platform, reading a mapping configuration file by the proxy application, where the mapping configuration file maps signatures comprising a client application identity, a business transaction type identity, and a business transaction service platform identity to an action, the action comprising one of executing a stubbed out function on the messaging middleware platform and performing a business transaction on a business transaction service platform, based on reading the mapping configuration file, building a business transaction request by the proxy application, and sending by the proxy application the business transaction request to the business transaction service platform identified in the client request.
US10122812B2	Push-type information transmission device, push-type information transmission method, and program A push-type information transmission device is provided with a determination unit that determines the number of clients at transmission destinations of push transmission information in each of a plurality of chronologically continuous periods on the basis of at least response delay distribution data which is a probability distribution indicating the ratio of responses to information to the time elapsed since transmission of the information, and allowable band data indicating the allowable amount of information transfer.
US10122811B2	Method for determining identities between users In a first aspect of the present invention, provided are an information processing apparatus including a behavior-history acquisition unit configured to acquire behavior histories of first users identified by first-user identification information, a transmission-history acquisition unit configured to acquire information transmission histories of second users identified by second-user identification information, and a determination unit configured to determine identity between the first users and the second users on the basis of behavior details included in the behavior histories and transmission details included in the transmission histories; a method for processing information with the information processing apparatus; and a program using the information processing apparatus.

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